Number

class Cake\View\Helper\NumberHelper(View $view, array $config = [])

The NumberHelper contains convenient methods that enable display numbers in common formats in your views. These methods include ways to format currency, percentages, data sizes, format numbers to specific precisions and also to give you more flexibility with formatting numbers.

All of these functions return the formatted number; they do not automatically echo the output into the view.

Formatting Currency Values

Cake\View\Helper\NumberHelper::currency(mixed $value, string $currency = null, array $options = [])

This method is used to display a number in common currency formats (EUR, GBP, USD). Usage in a view looks like:

// Called as NumberHelper
echo $this->Number->currency($value, $currency);

// Called as Number
echo Number::currency($value, $currency);

The first parameter, $value, should be a floating point number that represents the amount of money you are expressing. The second parameter is a string used to choose a predefined currency formatting scheme:

$currency

1234.56, formatted by currency type

EUR

€1.234,56

GBP

£1,234.56

USD

$1,234.56

The third parameter is an array of options for further defining the output. The following options are available:

Option

Description

before

Text to display before the rendered number.

after

Text to display after the rendered number.

zero

The text to use for zero values; can be a string or a number. ie. 0, ‘Free!’.

places

Number of decimal places to use, ie. 2

precision

Maximal number of decimal places to use, ie. 2

locale

The locale name to use for formatting number, ie. “fr_FR”.

fractionSymbol

String to use for fraction numbers, ie. ‘ cents’.

fractionPosition

Either ‘before’ or ‘after’ to place the fraction symbol.

pattern

An ICU number pattern to use for formatting the number ie. #,###.00

useIntlCode

Set to true to replace the currency symbol with the international currency code.

If $currency value is null, the default currency will be retrieved from Cake\I18n\Number::defaultCurrency(). To format currencies in an accounting format you should set the currency format:

Number::setDefaultCurrencyFormat(Number::FORMAT_CURRENCY_ACCOUNTING);

New in version 3.9.0: Formatting currency as accounting values was added.

Setting the Default Currency

Cake\View\Helper\NumberHelper::defaultCurrency($currency)

Setter/getter for the default currency. This removes the need to always pass the currency to Cake\I18n\Number::currency() and change all currency outputs by setting other default. If $currency is set to false, it will clear the currently stored value. By default, it will retrieve the intl.default_locale if set and ‘en_US’ if not.

Formatting Floating Point Numbers

Cake\View\Helper\NumberHelper::precision(float $value, int $precision = 3, array $options = [])

This method displays a number with the specified amount of precision (decimal places). It will round in order to maintain the level of precision defined.

// Called as NumberHelper
echo $this->Number->precision(456.91873645, 2);

// Outputs
456.92

// Called as Number
echo Number::precision(456.91873645, 2);

Formatting Percentages

Cake\View\Helper\NumberHelper::toPercentage(mixed $value, int $precision = 2, array $options = [])

Option

Description

multiply

Boolean to indicate whether the value has to be multiplied by 100. Useful for decimal percentages.

Like Cake\I18n\Number::precision(), this method formats a number according to the supplied precision (where numbers are rounded to meet the given precision). This method also expresses the number as a percentage and appends the output with a percent sign.

// Called as NumberHelper. Output: 45.69%
echo $this->Number->toPercentage(45.691873645);

// Called as Number. Output: 45.69%
echo Number::toPercentage(45.691873645);

// Called with multiply. Output: 45.7%
echo Number::toPercentage(0.45691, 1, [
    'multiply' => true
]);

Interacting with Human Readable Values

Cake\View\Helper\NumberHelper::toReadableSize(string $size)

This method formats data sizes in human readable forms. It provides a shortcut way to convert bytes to KB, MB, GB, and TB. The size is displayed with a two-digit precision level, according to the size of data supplied (i.e. higher sizes are expressed in larger terms):

// Called as NumberHelper
echo $this->Number->toReadableSize(0); // 0 Byte
echo $this->Number->toReadableSize(1024); // 1 KB
echo $this->Number->toReadableSize(1321205.76); // 1.26 MB
echo $this->Number->toReadableSize(5368709120); // 5 GB

// Called as Number
echo Number::toReadableSize(0); // 0 Byte
echo Number::toReadableSize(1024); // 1 KB
echo Number::toReadableSize(1321205.76); // 1.26 MB
echo Number::toReadableSize(5368709120); // 5 GB

Formatting Numbers

Cake\View\Helper\NumberHelper::format(mixed $value, array $options = [])

This method gives you much more control over the formatting of numbers for use in your views (and is used as the main method by most of the other NumberHelper methods). Using this method might looks like:

// Called as NumberHelper
$this->Number->format($value, $options);

// Called as Number
Number::format($value, $options);

The $value parameter is the number that you are planning on formatting for output. With no $options supplied, the number 1236.334 would output as 1,236. Note that the default precision is zero decimal places.

The $options parameter is where the real magic for this method resides.

  • If you pass an integer then this becomes the amount of precision or places for the function.

  • If you pass an associated array, you can use the following keys:

Option

Description

places

Number of decimal places to use, ie. 2

precision

Maximum number of decimal places to use, ie. 2

pattern

An ICU number pattern to use for formatting the number ie. #,###.00

locale

The locale name to use for formatting number, ie. “fr_FR”.

before

Text to display before the rendered number.

after

Text to display after the rendered number.

Example:

// Called as NumberHelper
echo $this->Number->format('123456.7890', [
    'places' => 2,
    'before' => '¥ ',
    'after' => ' !'
]);
// Output '¥ 123,456.79 !'

echo $this->Number->format('123456.7890', [
    'locale' => 'fr_FR'
]);
// Output '123 456,79 !'

// Called as Number
echo Number::format('123456.7890', [
    'places' => 2,
    'before' => '¥ ',
    'after' => ' !'
]);
// Output '¥ 123,456.79 !'

echo Number::format('123456.7890', [
    'locale' => 'fr_FR'
]);
// Output '123 456,79 !'
Cake\View\Helper\NumberHelper::ordinal(mixed $value, array $options = [])

This method will output an ordinal number.

Examples:

echo Number::ordinal(1);
// Output '1st'

echo Number::ordinal(2);
// Output '2nd'

echo Number::ordinal(2, [
    'locale' => 'fr_FR'
]);
// Output '2e'

echo Number::ordinal(410);
// Output '410th'

Format Differences

Cake\View\Helper\NumberHelper::formatDelta(mixed $value, array $options = [])

This method displays differences in value as a signed number:

// Called as NumberHelper
$this->Number->formatDelta($value, $options);

// Called as Number
Number::formatDelta($value, $options);

The $value parameter is the number that you are planning on formatting for output. With no $options supplied, the number 1236.334 would output as 1,236. Note that the default precision is zero decimal places.

The $options parameter takes the same keys as Number::format() itself:

Option

Description

places

Number of decimal places to use, ie. 2

precision

Maximum number of decimal places to use, ie. 2

locale

The locale name to use for formatting number, ie. “fr_FR”.

before

Text to display before the rendered number.

after

Text to display after the rendered number.

Example:

// Called as NumberHelper
echo $this->Number->formatDelta('123456.7890', [
    'places' => 2,
    'before' => '[',
    'after' => ']'
]);
// Output '[+123,456.79]'

// Called as Number
echo Number::formatDelta('123456.7890', [
    'places' => 2,
    'before' => '[',
    'after' => ']'
]);
// Output '[+123,456.79]'

Warning

All symbols are UTF-8.