Shorten long numbers to K/M/B?

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Use number_format():

if ($n < 1000000) {
    // Anything less than a million
    $n_format = number_format($n);
} else if ($n < 1000000000) {
    // Anything less than a billion
    $n_format = number_format($n / 1000000, 3) . 'M';
} else {
    // At least a billion
    $n_format = number_format($n / 1000000000, 3) . 'B';
}

I would totally appreciate any custom functions to dynamically choose the limit if possible.

If “limit” refers to the number of decimal places (the precision), that’s easy:

function custom_number_format($n, $precision = 3) {
    if ($n < 1000000) {
        // Anything less than a million
        $n_format = number_format($n);
    } else if ($n < 1000000000) {
        // Anything less than a billion
        $n_format = number_format($n / 1000000, $precision) . 'M';
    } else {
        // At least a billion
        $n_format = number_format($n / 1000000000, $precision) . 'B';
    }

    return $n_format;
}

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