[PHP] XX outputting X signs

[George Pitcher]

Would it not make sese to store the number as a decimal and have the '£'
added at output?

George, in Oxford, where £££=pints

> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Nicholson [mailto:me@djnicholson.com]
> Sent: 22 July 2003 3:51 pm
> To: David Goodchild
> Cc: [email]php-general@lists.php.net[/email]
> Subject: Re: [PHP] XX outputting X signs
>
>
> Hello,
>
> This is a reply to an e-mail that you wrote on Tue, 22 Jul 2003 at
> 15:01, lines prefixed by '>' were originally written by you.

> > My suggesstion would be as your adding the data to the database
> > convert the
> > £ to £

>
> I wouldn't do that, it will eman extra CPU cycles if at a later date
> you decide you want to use the data in your database for anything
> other than a HTML page. Also it is 6 bytes of wasted disk space per
> record - in a very large database that would show.
>
> David.
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[David Nicholson]

Hello,

This is a reply to an e-mail that you wrote on Tue, 22 Jul 2003 at
16:01, lines prefixed by '>' were originally written by you.

> Would it not make sese to store the number as a decimal and have

the

> '£'
> added at output?

I had assumed that the original poster was storing currency ammounts
within a sentence that had an entire text field to itself, but yes,
if it is only the amount being stored in the field use a decimal and
add the pound symbol when creating your page.

David.

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