--- Cesar Aracena <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I get two numbers from a FORM, one price and one
> quantity and I need to make a multiplication with
> them in order to store the total amount also as a
> double expression... I'm trying with:
>
> $totalprice = $price * $qty;
>
> but when I echo the, it gives me just plain old 0
> (zero). Any suggestions?
Without seeing more code, it is hard to say, but I imagine
$qty and/or $price are not what you think they are. Here is
a little example that you might find useful:
<?
$price = "3.50";
$quantity = 5;
$total = $price * $quantity;
echo "$total\n";
printf("$%.2f", $total);
?>
Chris
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