Mark,

> George Pitcher wrote:
> >>> The following code:
> >>>
> >>> $fee = 160.44;
> >>> $fee2 = $fee + 0; // I have a reason for adding zero;
> >>> echo $fee."<br>";
> >>> echo $fee2."<br>";
> >>> settype($fee, "float");
> >>> echo gettype($fee);
> >>>
> > gettype($fee) before settype() gave me 'object'.
> >
>
> It shouldn't have!
>
> Is this a complete code example, in PHP (ie not in Smarty)?
>
> On my server the following PHP code:
> <?php
> $fee = 160.44;
> $fee2 = $fee + 0; // I have a reason for adding zero;
> echo $fee."<br>";
> echo $fee2."<br>";
> echo gettype($fee)."<br>";
> echo gettype($fee2)."<br>";
> ?>
> gives:
> 160.44
> 160.44
> double
> double
>
> .. as I would have expected.
>
> I think you need to resolve this first, but I'm almost certain the
> problem is that the code example you've posted is not identical to the
> code you're trying.
>
> > I'm doing all this in the php and sending it to the template using echo.
> >
>
> I'm not sure what you mean by "sending it to the template using echo".
> It sounds like you're sending it to the browser using echo, bypassing
> the template altogether. A code example would .
>
> > Initially I was sending to the template with a
> $smarty->assign('variable',
> > sprintf("%01.2f",$fee2));
> >
>
> I would go with Messju's suggestion, ie use:
> $smarty->assign('variable',$fee2);
> and in the template put:
> {"%.2f"|sprintf:$variable}

Firstly, the variable might have a price or it might have an explantion,
depending on the web-service response.

If I run the code that I have described as a pure php file, I get the same
result as you - all is fine. but when I run it, and I have, when the output
is using a Smarty template, I get the 160.00 result and the 'NULL' gettype.

The actual code for this page is long and complex, but the relevant snippet
looks like:
================================================== =========
$fee = [web-service response (in dollars and cents)]
settype($fee, "float");
$fee_type = gettype($fee);
$range = explode(",",strim($pr));
$rangecounter = count($range);
$rangecounter = ($rangecounter>1?$rangecounter-1:0);
$ccc_supp = floatval($rangecounter * 3);
settype($ccc_supp, "float");
$fee2 = $fee + $ccc_supp;

$smarty->assign('ccc_fee',($rt!='Granted'?'Not available through CCC:
'.($rt!=''?$rt:'no reason given'):'The CCC QuickPrice for this request is:
$'.sprintf("%01.2f",$fee2)."<br>$ccc_terms"));
================================================== =========
$pr is a pagerange and in the example is 9-27. extended range might be
1-3,9-27, which would then add $3 to the $fee variable.
================================================== =========

If I echo $fee, for my example, I get 160.44. If I echo $fee2, I get 160.00.
But all I've done is add '0' to the $fee variable.

Cheers

George