openbuildings/monetary

Useful tool for formatting and converting currencies

Monetary

Useful tool for formatting and converting currencies in PHP, _(*1)

, _(*2)

The main features are: - formatting an amount in a certain currency; - converting an amount from one currency to another., _(*3)

The Monetary library takes care of fetching exchange rates from remote services and caching them., _(*4)

You can easily use your own exchange rates source or cache solution., _(*5)

Installation

Install via Composer, _(*6)

``` bash composer require openbuildings/monetary, <sub>(*7)</sub>

Basic Usage
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Use the namespace:

``` php
use OpenBuildings\Monetary\Monetary;

then just convert and format currencies:, <sub>(*8)</sub>

``` php echo Monetary::instance()->convert(10, 'USD', 'GBP'); // 7.5091987684914, <sub>(*9)</sub>

echo Monetary::instance()->format(15.3, 'GBP'); // £15.30 ```, <sub>(*10)</sub>