formatCurrency for non-en is different

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I use this code to show money, it works. For positive number and negative, there is a brackets for negative.

<?php echo Yii::app()->numberFormatter->formatCurrency($n->amount, 'USD'); ?>


<?php echo Yii::app()->numberFormatter->formatCurrency($n->amount, 'JPY'); ?>


<?php echo Yii::app()->numberFormatter->formatCurrency($n->amount, 'TWD'); ?>

And then I tried to use i18n function and use this function to set language

<?php Yii::app()->setLanguage('en'); ?>


<?php Yii::app()->setLanguage('zh_tw'); ?>

<?php Yii::app()->setLanguage('ja'); ?>[/code]

But I found, the brackets for negative only shows in "en", for zh_cn, zh_tw, ja, it doesn't show brackets.

2

I think it is because is configurated like that in i18n folders. If you want brackets, you can configure it there.

3

Thanks, do you mean this document?

http://www.yiiframew…NumberFormatter

I only find the doc to change the pattern, it includes the following, but I didn't find bracket configuration. Do I read the correct doc?

dot (.): the decimal point. It will be replaced with the localized decimal point. 


comma (,): the grouping separator. It will be replaced with the localized grouping separator. 


zero (0): required digit. This specifies the places where a digit must appear (will pad 0 if not). 


hash (#): optional digit. This is mainly used to specify the location of decimal point and grouping separators. 


currency (¤): the currency placeholder. It will be replaced with the localized currency symbol. 


percentage (%): the percetage mark. If appearing, the number will be multiplied by 100 before being formatted. 


permillage (‰): the permillage mark. If appearing, the number will be multiplied by 1000 before being formatted. 


semicolon (;): the character separating positive and negative number sub-patterns.
4

(Sorry, haven't seen your reply)

No, the configuration is in Yii/framework/i18n/data

See on en.php the 'currencyFormat' value: '¤#,##0.00;(¤#,##0.00)'

Now, open zh_cn.php and see the same variable: '¤#,##0.00'

So, if you want the brackets in zh_cn and others, change this currencyFormat configuration in each file you need.

5

Thanks, it works now. But is it possible to do this kind of configuration outside framework's directory? Because when we upgrade the framework, it's possible to overwrite it.