Hi,

I'm having a problem - only on Smarty pages.

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);

gives me

160.44
160.44
float

on a non-Smarty page
and

160.44
160
NULL

when echo'd on a page using a Smarty template.

I've tried using sprintf() with no success.

Does anyone have any idea why this is happening?

George in Oxford

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);
>

I'd be more interested to know what gettype shows before the settype,
and also for gettype($fee2).

> [...]
> and
>
> 160.44
> 160
> NULL
>
> when echo'd on a page using a Smarty template.
>

What does your Smarty template look like? Where are you doing the
"maths" (the +0 bit) - within the template?

I'm really not clear what you're assigning to the template, or how
you're showing it.

--
Mark Rogers
More Solutions Ltd :: 0845 45 89 555

On Fri, Nov 17, 2006 at 11:52:23AM -0000, George Pitcher wrote:
[...]
> I've tried using sprintf() with no success.

{"%.2f"|sprintf:$fee}

greetings
messju

> Does anyone have any idea why this is happening?
>
> George in Oxford

> > 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($fee);
> >
>
> I'd be more interested to know what gettype shows before the settype,
> and also for gettype($fee2).
>
> > [...]
> > and
> >
> > 160.44
> > 160
> > NULL
> >
> > when echo'd on a page using a Smarty template.
> >
>
> What does your Smarty template look like? Where are you doing the
> "maths" (the +0 bit) - within the template?
>
> I'm really not clear what you're assigning to the template, or how
> you're showing it.
>
Mark,

gettype($fee) before settype() gave me 'object'.

I'm doing all this in the php and sending it to the template using echo.
Initially I was sending to the template with a $smarty->assign('variable',
sprintf("%01.2f",$fee2));

Hope trhat's a bit clearer.

George

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}

--
Mark Rogers
More Solutions Ltd :: 0845 45 89 555

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

On Fri, Nov 17, 2006 at 02:10:12PM -0000, George Pitcher wrote:
[...]
> 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.

this is your third post on the topic and you still refused to show us a
single line of template code.

now you show us a case where you trigger the error without any smarty
interference (I think we can ignore the $smarty->assign() and your
error occurs with or without it).

so what has this to do with smarty anyway?

greetings
messju

> Cheers
>
> George

> On Fri, Nov 17, 2006 at 02:10:12PM -0000, George Pitcher wrote:
> [...]
> > 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.
>
> this is your third post on the topic and you still refused to show us a
> single line of template code.
>
> now you show us a case where you trigger the error without any smarty
> interference (I think we can ignore the $smarty->assign() and your
> error occurs with or without it).
>
> so what has this to do with smarty anyway?
>
messju

I do all my calculations in PHP and let Smarty handle the display - I
thought that's what templates were all about.

The problem I have is that my display via $smarty-assign() was giving me an
incorrect display.

I then, as usual with such an error, thought there was something wrong with
the PHP code, so started echoing the output at the various steps. I still
thought the problem was in PHP, but when I decided to put the process into a
php file that did not include and $smarty interaction, the display was fine,
which is why I'm asking the question on this list.

If no-one has a solution, I'll need to think of a different way to display
the price to my users.

Cheers

George