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Solution: Formatter and Hash Generation with Updated Functions

Solution: Formatter and Hash Generation with Updated Functions

A detailed review of the solutions to the previous challenge involving generating currency formats and hashes while avoiding the use of deprecated functions.

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Solution to Task 1

This challenge asked you to create a PHP script that demonstrates the use of the NumberFormatter class to format a monetary amount in different locales. You were provided with a code snippet that set the monetary locale to Japan, Germany, France, and the United Kingdom and formatted a given monetary amount accordingly.

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<?php
$amt = 4395794.89;
// set monetary locale to Japan
$fmt = new NumberFormatter( 'ja_JP', NumberFormatter::CURRENCY );
echo "Natl: " . $fmt->formatCurrency($amt, 'JPY') . "\n";
$fmt->setSymbol(NumberFormatter::CURRENCY_SYMBOL, 'JPY');
echo "Intl: " . $fmt->format($amt) . "\n";
// set monetary locale to Germany
$fmt = new NumberFormatter( 'de_DE', NumberFormatter::CURRENCY );
echo "Natl: " . $fmt->formatCurrency($amt, 'EUR') . "\n";
$fmt->setSymbol(NumberFormatter::CURRENCY_SYMBOL, 'EUR');
echo "Intl: " . $fmt->format($amt) . "\n";
// set monetary locale to France
$fmt = new NumberFormatter( 'fr_FR', NumberFormatter::CURRENCY );
echo "Natl: " . $fmt->formatCurrency($amt, 'EUR') . "\n";
$fmt->setSymbol(NumberFormatter::CURRENCY_SYMBOL, 'EUR');
echo "Intl: " . $fmt->format($amt) . "\n";
// set monetary locale to United Kingdom
$fmt = new NumberFormatter( 'en_GB', NumberFormatter::CURRENCY );
echo "Natl: " . $fmt->formatCurrency($amt, 'GBP') . "\n";
$fmt->setSymbol(NumberFormatter::CURRENCY_SYMBOL, 'GBP');
echo "Intl: " . $fmt->format($amt) . "\n";
?>

Let’s get into the code.

  • Generating code for Japanese currency JPY:

    • Line 5: Create a variable $fmt and set the monetary locale to Japanese currency JPY.

    • Line 6: Display the currency in a national format using ...