添加使用number_format（）php函数形成的数字

Question

When i try to add a integer to 3 digit number formed using php number_format() function give right result but when number become 4 digit it give wrong output.

I have tried this. please explain me the reason behind this??

$num1=number_format(1000.5,2);
$num1+=1;
echo $num1;

Output:2

But

  $num1=number_format(100.5,2);
  $num1+=1;
  echo $num1."
";`

Output:101.5

Answer 1

number_format() returns a string not a number. It is there to format a numeric type (integer, float) to a string with a specific, desired "layout". So what you do is add the number 1 to the string resulting from number_format, which will try to cast the string back to a number, apparently resulting in 1 for the string cast as well, which gives you 2 total.

tl;dr; Do calculations on numbers only and then do number_format at the very end to output in a defined format.