Dollars and Cents

An Update to clarify.

Text field and select field.

Type a number in the text field and select $ or c (¢) from select field.

If $99 – then prepend the $ symbol to the number.
If 99cent – then append the cent (¢) symbol to the number.

Any idea what would be the best / most efficient way to do this?

Thanks again

Hi Fred,

Sorry to miss your question.

As you are using 2 fields: a text field for the value and a select field for the symbol, you can do a quick check to output the field value like this:

$value = rwmb_meta( 'value' );
$symbol = rwmb_meta( 'symbol' );
if ( '$' === $symbol ) {
    echo $symbol . $value;
} else {
    echo $value . $symbol;
}

Hi Anh,

Thanks for replying. I will try that.

Just curious, would there be a better / more efficient way (your advise) to do what I want (in the back-end and front-end)?
Task: enter a number – and have the currency symbol displayed –

-) Back-end:- enter a number – select currency symbol ($ or cent)
-) Front-end:
If $99 – then prepend the $ symbol before the number.
If 99cent – then append the cent (￠) symbol after the number.

Thanks again
Fred

Hi Fred,

The code above is for the front end.

For the back end, you can use the “prepend” and “append” parameter for the inputs, like Boostrap. See this link:

https://metabox.io/meta-box-updates-march-2019-v2/

As there is no way to know a number dollar or cent (“99” can be “$99” or “99c”), I don’t think there’s an automatic way to detect that.

Hi Anh,

I took the time testing and measuring different options, I think the best solution is on front-end to use a simple conditional meta data value check ‘prepend’ and ‘append’ – in front and after the number. (for our example) -if 99 and $ selected on back-end, – on front-end – if meta vale: $ – display $.
I think that’s the best and a least resource required to display – if someone has a good theme framework.

Thanks again,
Fred
*we can close this*