{"id":28429,"date":"2018-03-12T11:16:28","date_gmt":"2018-03-12T09:16:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=28429"},"modified":"2018-03-12T11:17:37","modified_gmt":"2018-03-12T09:17:37","slug":"money-php-library-to-make-working-with-money-safer-easier-and-fun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2018\/03\/12\/money-php-library-to-make-working-with-money-safer-easier-and-fun\/","title":{"rendered":"money – PHP library to make working with money safer, easier, and fun"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

money<\/a> is a PHP library that implements Martin Fowler’s design pattern<\/a> for money.\u00a0 See the official documentation<\/a> and this blog post<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n

Some of the issues addresses by this library are the binding of the money amount to the currency, and currency conversion operations.\u00a0 If your code needs to deal with multiple currencies, you’ll definitely benefit from this library.\u00a0 But even if you are dealing with a single currency, it’s still pretty handy, making the code more transparent and future proof.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n

money is a PHP library that implements Martin Fowler’s design pattern for money.\u00a0 See the official documentation and this blog post for more information. Some of the issues addresses by this library are the binding of the money amount to the currency, and currency conversion operations.\u00a0 If your code needs to deal with multiple currencies, … Continue reading money – PHP library to make working with money safer, easier, and fun<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"money - PHP library to make working with money safer, easier, and fun #WebDev #PHP #DesignPatterns #BestPractices #money #currencies","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1,18,62,1334],"tags":[3069,3244,3136,3566,123,38,1330],"keyring_services":[],"class_list":["post-28429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-programming","category-technology","category-web-work","tag-best-practices","tag-currency","tag-design-patterns","tag-martin-fowler","tag-money","tag-php","tag-web-development"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":29183,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2019\/01\/06\/swap-currency-exchange-rates-library\/","url_meta":{"origin":28429,"position":0},"title":"Swap – currency exchange rates library","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"January 6, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Swap is a currency exchange rates library for PHP. 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