Using number_format method in Laravel

Question

I am fairly new in Laravel and Blade templating.
Can anyone help show me how to do this?

I have a view like this:

@foreach ($Expenses as $Expense)
    <tr>
        <td>{{{ $Expense->type }}}</td>
        <td>{{{ $Expense->narration }}}</td>
        <td>{{{ $Expense->price }}}</td>
        <td>{{{ $Expense->quantity }}}</td>
        <td>{{{ $Expense->amount }}}</td>                                                            
    </tr>
@endforeach

I want the $Expense->price and$Expense->amount to be formatted.
I tried using it on the $Expense->amount as number_format($Expense->amount) but it didn't work.

Answer 1

This should work :

<td>{{ number_format($Expense->price, 2) }}</td>

Answer 2

If you are using Eloquent, in your model put:

public function getPriceAttribute($price)
{
    return $this->attributes['price'] = sprintf('U$ %s', number_format($price, 2));
}

Where getPriceAttribute is your field on database. getSomethingAttribute.

Answer 3

If you are using Eloquent the best solution is:

public function getFormattedPriceAttribute()
{
    return number_format($this->attributes['price'], 2);
}

So now you must append formattedPrice in your model and you can use both, price (at its original state) and formattedPrice.