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The ultimate Laravel formatting package with 15+ formatters for money, percentages, file sizes, phone numbers, credit cards, durations, and more. Includes Blade directives, helper functions, and a fluent API with support for multiple currencies and locales.

Features

15+ Powerful Formatters

• Money & Currency formatting
• Percentage formatting
• File size (bytes to KB/MB/GB/TB)
• Number abbreviation (1K, 1M, 1B, 1T)
• Ordinal numbers (1st, 2nd, 3rd)
• Phone number formatting (international, national, dots)
• Credit card masking (secure)
• Duration formatting (seconds to human readable)
• Metric/SI prefix formatting
• Compact number notation
• Decimal to fraction conversion
• Number to words conversion
• And more!

Multiple Ways to Use

• Blade directives for templates (@money, @percentage, @filesize, etc.)
• Helper functions for quick usage (format_money(), format_percentage(), etc.)
• Facade for fluent API (Money::format(), Money::percentage(), etc.)
• Direct class instantiation for advanced usage

Professional Features

• Configurable decimal places, separators, and currency symbols
• Support for 8+ currencies (USD, EUR, GBP, UGX, KES, TZS, ZAR, and more)
• Locale-based formatting
• Parse formatted strings back to numbers
• Chainable methods for complex formatting

Requirements

• PHP 8.2 or higher
• Laravel 10.x, 11.x, or 12.x
• PHP intl extension (installation guide)

Installation

Install the package via composer:

composer require williamug/money-formatter

Publish Configuration (Optional)

Publish the configuration file to customize default settings:

php artisan vendor:publish --tag=money-formatter-config

This creates config/money-formatter.php where you can configure:

• Default locale and currency
• Decimal places and separators
• Currency symbols
• And more...

Usage

Blade Directives

Format Money

@money(10000)
{{-- Output: 10,000.00 --}}

@money($invoice->total)
{{-- Output: 1,234.56 --}}

Format Money with Currency Symbol

@moneyWithSymbol(10000, 'USD')
{{-- Output: $ 10,000.00 --}}

@moneyWithSymbol($price, 'EUR')
{{-- Output: € 1,234.56 --}}

Format Currency with Locale

@currency(10000, 'USD', 'en_US')
{{-- Output: $10,000.00 --}}

@currency($amount, 'EUR', 'de_DE')
{{-- Output: 10.000,00 € --}}

Convert Number to Words

@numbertowords(10000)
{{-- Output: ten thousand --}}

@numbertowords(123456)
{{-- Output: one hundred twenty-three thousand four hundred fifty-six --}}

Helper Functions

// Format money
$formatted = format_money(10000);
// Returns: "10,000.00"

// Convert to words
$words = money_to_words(1234);
// Returns: "one thousand two hundred thirty-four"

// Format as currency
$currency = format_currency(10000, 'USD', 'en_US');
// Returns: "$10,000.00"

// Parse formatted money back to float
$amount = parse_money('10,000.00');
// Returns: 10000.0

Facade

use Williamug\MoneyFormatter\Facades\Money;

// Basic formatting
Money::format(10000);
// Returns: "10,000.00"

// Format with currency symbol
Money::formatWithSymbol(10000, 'USD');
// Returns: "$ 10,000.00"

// Convert to words
Money::toWords(1234);
// Returns: "one thousand two hundred thirty-four"

// Format with locale
Money::formatCurrency(10000, 'EUR', 'de_DE');
// Returns: "10.000,00 €"

// Parse formatted string
Money::parse('1,234.56');
// Returns: 1234.56

// Chain methods for custom formatting
Money::setDecimals(0)->format(10000);
// Returns: "10,000"

Money::setCurrency('EUR')->formatWithSymbol(10000);
// Returns: "€ 10,000.00"

Direct Class Usage

use Williamug\MoneyFormatter\MoneyFormatter;

$formatter = new MoneyFormatter();

// Format money
$result = $formatter->format(1234.56);
// Returns: "1,234.56"

// Customize formatting
$result = $formatter
    ->setDecimals(0)
    ->setCurrency('EUR')
    ->format(1234.56);
// Returns: "1,235"

// Format with symbol
$result = $formatter->formatWithSymbol(1234.56, 'USD');
// Returns: "$ 1,234.56"

Advanced Formatters

Percentage Formatting

// Facade
Money::percentage(50); // "50.00%"
Money::percentage(75.5, 1); // "75.5%"
Money::percentage(100, 0, false); // "100" (without % sign)

// Helper
format_percentage(50); // "50.00%"

// Blade
@percentage(50) {{-- 50.00% --}}

File Size Formatting

// Facade
Money::fileSize(1024); // "1.00 KB"
Money::fileSize(1048576); // "1.00 MB"
Money::fileSize(1073741824); // "1.00 GB"

// Helper
format_filesize(1024); // "1.00 KB"

// Blade
@filesize(1024) {{-- 1.00 KB --}}

Number Abbreviation

// Facade
Money::abbreviate(1000); // "1.0K"
Money::abbreviate(1500000); // "1.5M"
Money::abbreviate(1000000000); // "1.0B"

// Helper
abbreviate_number(1000000); // "1.0M"

// Blade
@abbreviate(1000000) {{-- 1.0M --}}

Ordinal Numbers

// Facade
Money::ordinal(1); // "1st"
Money::ordinal(2); // "2nd"
Money::ordinal(3); // "3rd"
Money::ordinal(21); // "21st"

// Helper
format_ordinal(1); // "1st"

// Blade
@ordinal(1) {{-- 1st --}}

Phone Number Formatting

// Facade
Money::phone('1234567890', 'international'); // "+1 (123) 456-7890"
Money::phone('1234567890', 'national'); // "(123) 456-7890"
Money::phone('1234567890', 'dots'); // "123.456.7890"

// Helper
format_phone('1234567890'); // "+1 (123) 456-7890"

// Blade
@phone('1234567890') {{-- +1 (123) 456-7890 --}}

Credit Card Masking

// Facade
Money::creditCard('1234567890123456'); // "**** **** **** 3456"
Money::creditCard('1234567890123456', 'X', 4); // "XXXX XXXX XXXX 3456"

// Helper
format_creditcard('1234567890123456'); // "**** **** **** 3456"

// Blade
@creditcard('1234567890123456') {{-- **** **** **** 3456 --}}

Duration Formatting

// Facade
Money::duration(60); // "1 minute"
Money::duration(3600); // "1 hour"
Money::duration(86400); // "1 day"
Money::duration(90); // "1 minute, 30 seconds"
Money::duration(3665, true); // "1h, 1m" (short format)

// Helper
format_duration(3600); // "1 hour"

// Blade
@duration(3600) {{-- 1 hour --}}

Additional Formatters

// Metric notation (SI units)
Money::metric(1500, 2, 'W'); // "1.50kW"
Money::metric(1500000, 1, 'W'); // "1.5MW"

// Compact numbers (locale-aware)
Money::compact(1500000); // "1.5M"

// Decimal to fraction
Money::fraction(0.5); // "1/2"
Money::fraction(0.333, 100); // "1/3"

// Ordinal words
Money::ordinalWords(1); // "1st" (locale-dependent)

Configuration

The config/money-formatter.php file provides extensive customization:

return [
    // Default locale (e.g., 'en_US', 'de_DE')
    'default_locale' => 'en_US',

    // Default currency code
    'default_currency' => 'USD',

    // Number of decimal places
    'decimals' => 2,

    // Thousand separator
    'thousand_separator' => ',',

    // Decimal separator
    'decimal_separator' => '.',

    // Show currency symbol by default
    'show_symbol' => false,

    // Symbol position: 'before' or 'after'
    'symbol_position' => 'before',

    // Locale for number to words
    'words_locale' => 'en',

    // Currency symbols mapping
    'currency_symbols' => [
        'USD' => '$',
        'EUR' => '€',
        'GBP' => '£',
        'UGX' => 'UGX',
        // ... add more
    ],
];

Advanced Examples

Multiple Currency Formatting in a View

<div class="invoice">
    <h2>Invoice #{{ $invoice->number }}</h2>

    <p>Subtotal: @money($invoice->subtotal)</p>
    <p>Tax: @money($invoice->tax)</p>
    <p>Total: @moneyWithSymbol($invoice->total, 'USD')</p>

    <p class="words">
        Amount in words: @numbertowords($invoice->total)
    </p>
</div>

Dynamic Currency Formatting

// In your controller
$currencies = ['USD', 'EUR', 'GBP'];
$amount = 1234.56;

foreach ($currencies as $currency) {
    $formatted = Money::formatWithSymbol($amount, $currency);
    echo "$currency: $formatted\n";
}

Custom Precision

// Cryptocurrency with 8 decimals
$btc = Money::setDecimals(8)->format(0.00123456);
// Returns: "0.00123456"

// Whole numbers only
$quantity = Money::setDecimals(0)->format(1234.56);
// Returns: "1,235"

Testing

Run the test suite:

composer test

Run tests with coverage:

composer test-coverage

Changelog

Please see CHANGELOG for more information on what has changed recently.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

Security Vulnerabilities

Please review our security policy on how to report security vulnerabilities.

Credits

• williamug
• All Contributors

License

The MIT License (MIT). Please see License File for more information.