PHP money_format() -- No comma delimiter?

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PHP money_format

Why does this:

setlocale(LC_MONETARY, 'en_US');
echo money_format('%i', 1234.56);

Output the value I gave it (1234.56)? I'm using Linux with basic LAMP installation.

Expected output is "1,234.56"

EDIT: locale -a returns the following list:

C
C.UTF-8
en_AG
en_AG.utf8
en_AU.utf8
en_BW.utf8
en_CA.utf8
en_DK.utf8
en_GB.utf8
en_HK.utf8
en_IE.utf8
en_IN
en_IN.utf8
en_NG
en_NG.utf8
en_NZ.utf8
en_PH.utf8
en_SG.utf8
en_US.utf8
en_ZA.utf8
en_ZM
en_ZM.utf8
en_ZW.utf8
POSIX
zh_CN.utf8
zh_SG.utf8

That's annoying. en_US.utf8 works just fine!

http://sandbox.onlinephpfunctions.com/code/fba0ec1e5e9507c7ce7d576d40c32eb65e739d89 — Dharman, Jan 01 '13 at 16:42
`locale -a` shows `en_US.utf8`, when I use that, I get the following output (see updated question) — David Harris, Jan 01 '13 at 16:43

score 12 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 01 '13 at 16:46

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I guess someone thought it would be funny to name it en_US.utf8 instead of en_US.

Those jerks!

answered Jan 01 '13 at 16:46

David Harris

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Those 'jerks' knows that `en_US.utf8` != `en_US` and build software that runs on bilions of servers, so a little respect please. – dev-null-dweller Jan 01 '13 at 16:52
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It's a joke, calm down dude. – David Harris Jan 01 '13 at 16:54
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This one actually caught me as well. I'm sure there is a good reason upstream not to symlink. Should have checked the return value on set_locale() sooner i guess. Thanks! – Michael Favia Jun 22 '15 at 13:42
Yeah, I think the first example at http://php.net/manual/en/function.money-format.php is incorrect. – stealthysnacks Nov 29 '16 at 19:20

PHP money_format() -- No comma delimiter?

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