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CakeNumber ​

class CakeNumber

If you need NumberHelper functionalities outside of a View, use the CakeNumber class:

class UsersController extends AppController
{
    public $components = ['Auth'];

    public function afterLogin()
    {
        $storageUsed = $this->Auth->user('storage_used');
        if ($storageUsed > 5000000) {
            // notify users of quota
            $this->Session->setFlash(__('You are using %s storage', CakeNumber::toReadableSize($storageUsed)));
        }
    }
}

Added in version 2.1

CakeNumber has been factored out from NumberHelper.

All of these functions return the formatted number; They do not automatically echo the output into the view.

method CakeNumber::currency(float $number, string $currency = 'USD', array $options = [])

method CakeNumber::defaultCurrency(string $currency)

method CakeNumber::addFormat(string $formatName, array $options)

method CakeNumber::precision(mixed $number, int $precision = 3)

method CakeNumber::toPercentage(mixed $number, int $precision = 2, array $options = [])

method CakeNumber::fromReadableSize(string $size, $default)

method CakeNumber::toReadableSize(string $dataSize)

method CakeNumber::format(mixed $number, mixed $options=false)

method CakeNumber::formatDelta(mixed $number, mixed $options=[])

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