What is the best approach to formatting and adding units to values extracted from a MySQL database using PHP?

When extracting values from a MySQL database using PHP, it is important to format and add units to the values before displaying them to the user. One approach is to use PHP's number_format function to format numerical values with commas and decimal places. Additionally, you can concatenate the appropriate unit to the value based on the context. 

// Assuming $value is the extracted value from the MySQL database
$formatted_value = number_format($value, 2); // Format value with 2 decimal places
$unit = 'units'; // Example unit
echo $formatted_value . ' ' . $unit; // Display formatted value with unit

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MySQL PHP formatting units values

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