Convert.ToDouble(Price) in Codeigniter

[eluser]bleu[/eluser]
I am converting asp.net code where

Code:

Convert.ToDouble(Price)

has been used .What will this statement look like in codeingiter.?

[eluser]PhilTem[/eluser]
I don't exactly know what

Code:

Convert.ToDouble(Price)

does in ASP.net, but I think, it will convert anything to its corresponding double value? If I'm right, than you just have to

type cast

the variable.
And maybe read something about PHP principles before using a framework like CI Just to get you going and not to get you down!

[eluser]InsiteFX[/eluser]
PHP number_format

[eluser]bleu[/eluser]
[quote author="InsiteFX" date="1331735516"]PHP number_format
[/quote]

should it be PHP round

something like

Code:

echo round($price);

as

Code:

Convert.ToDouble(Price)

Converts a specified value to a double-precision floating-point number. in .net

[eluser]InsiteFX[/eluser]

Code:

// set your type - float same for double is depreciated
settype ( mixed &$var , string $type )

$price = settype(&$price, "float");

// format to currency
string money_format ( string $format , float $number )

// Similar format as above, adding the use of 2 digits of right
// precision and '*' as a fill character
echo money_format('%=*(#10.2n', $number) . "\n";

// ($********1,234.57)

// php round
float round ( float $val [, int $precision = 0 [, int $mode = PHP_ROUND_HALF_UP ]] )

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