PHP formatting multiple currency from minor unit

Question

I am current storing item prices in minor unit in the database to easily handle multiple currency eg 1500 for $15.00.

I tried using php numberFormatter but it seems to not support minor unit and only major unit, when I parse 1500 into the formatCurrency I get $1,500 instead of $15.00.

Would it be something that is out of numberFormatter scope and require some other library to handle?

Answer 1

$yourvalue = 1500;
$yourcurrency = $yourvalue / $currencyUnitValue;
echo $currencySymbol' '.number_format($yourcurrency, 2); 

eg:

$yourvalue = 1500;
$currencyUnitValue = 100;
$currencysymbol = '$'; 
$yourcurrency = $yourvalue / $currencyUnitValue;
echo $currencySymbol' '.number_format($yourcurrency, 2); // returns $ 15.00

That´s a quick solution for your problem. I guess there are more inteligent answers.