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Hello.

I have a ‘Text Input’ field in one of my channels. It has been assigned a ‘Field Content’ value of ‘Number’. How can I get the output of this field to display as a number with commas in the correct places; tens, thousands etc.?

Cheers.

One approach would be to use the PHP function number_format (but you’d need to change your template prefs to allow PHP).

Another option is put that function into a little homemade plug-in, which then lets you leave PHP off in your template:

<?php if ( ! defined('BASEPATH')) exit('No direct script access allowed');

class Number
{
    public $return_data = "";

    public function __construct()
    {
        $this->EE =& get_instance();
        $this->return_data = number_format($this->EE->TMPL->tagdata);
    }
}

/* End of file pi.number.php */
/* Location: ./system/expressionengine/third_party/number/pi.number.php */

You’d call it in your template like…

{exp:number}

   {my_number}    {!-- say your number is: 8822090993330000 --)

{/exp:number}

... and get 8,822,090,993,330,000 output on your page.

Hi boldyellow

Thanks for taking the time to respond with such a technical answer. I really do appreciate it.

I’ve only just started dabbling with EE, so the thought of building a ‘plugin’ seems a bit ominous at the moment. I’ll do some research on how to do such a thing, though.

Thanks again.

Not to sound glib, but if I can do it, well… you know. The EE Plug-in docs are very easy to follow with examples. 

BTW, that sample code does work, I tested it and you can just use it like that.

Ha. I’ll take a look in the morning I think and let you know how I get on. Nearly midnight here so I’d better call it a day!

It does seem as though a little function like this would be native to EE. But what do I know?

Thanks again 😊