PHP: How to convert a number into a string?

Question

I have an application that generates a PDF receipt. But in the bank the values have to be converted into words

BD | PHP

10 | TEN

15 | FIFTEEN

7 | SEVEN

there is some function that returns the string of a number in php ?

Answer 1

There is the class NumberFormatter which enables this representation of numbers to text.

$word = new \NumberFormatter('pt-BR', \NumberFormatter::SPELLOUT);
echo $word->format(13);
// treze

The second parameter of the class defines the format output type.

This class depends on the package intl to be used, check first that this package is installed with:

php -m | grep intl

If it is already installed just use it normally, if it is not installed with:

1. Linux: sudo apt-get install php*(version)*-Intl

2. Windows: remove the comment in line with extension=php_intl.dll in php.ini and restart the http server you are using