Converting scientific number read from excel into csv - php

Question

I am having an issue while reading from the excel sheet. I am getting my barcode values in scientific format in csv.
How do i parse the original value instead of the scientific number ?
Example :
9,96E+12 [In excel]
9960000000000 [I want this in CSV]
I am using fgetcsv function in php to parse the csv file.
while (($row = fgetcsv($handle, 1000, ';')) !== FALSE)
{
if(!$header)
$header = $row;
else
$data[] = array_combine($header, $row);
}
Output that i am getting :
[0] => Array
(
[code] => FJT8-thr-thrtC2-VSXL
[barcode] => 9960000000000
[amount] => 70
[status] => 1
)
I want the output as
[0] => Array
(
[code] => FJT8-thr-thrtC2-VSXL
[barcode] => 9,96E+12
[amount] => 70
[status] => 1
)

Answer 1

You can use the floatval() and sprintf function to convert it back and forth as long as you convert the "," to "." before you use the number in PHP.
<?php
$start = '9,96E+12';
$str = floatval(str_replace(',','.',$start));
// Proof of concept
echo $start."<br />"; // starting off with 9,96E+12
echo $str."<br />"; // Converted number is 9960000000000
echo sprintf('%.2e',$str); // back to scientific number 9.96e+12
?>