Description:
Trying to get a precise number of decimal in a number results most of the times in a rounding of the number. Both round() and number_format() functions of PhP round the output result.
Solution:
The solution to this issue is to multiply the number by the power of 10 that is the number of decimals. 10 for 1 digit, 100 for 2 digits and so on.
$originalNumber = 150.8699; //we want to obtain 150.86
$multipliedNumber = originalNumber * 100; //output is 15086.99
Then, we apply the floor() function, to get rid of the additional trailing decimals:
$integerMultipliedNumber = floor($multipliedNumber); //output is 15086
Finally, divide the number back to the decimal power of 10 (100 in our case) and parse it as a float:
$twoDecimalResult = (float) ($integerMultipliedNumber / 100); //output is 150.86
