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PHP Sample Code for Currency Conversion
<?php
function convertCurrency($amount,$from_currency,$to_currency){
$apikey = 'your-api-key-here';
$from_Currency = urlencode($from_currency);
$to_Currency = urlencode($to_currency);
$query = "{$from_Currency}_{$to_Currency}";
// change to the free URL if you're using the free version
$json = file_get_contents("https://api.currconv.com/api/v8/convert?q={$query}&compact=ultra&apiKey={$apikey}");
$obj = json_decode($json, true);
$val = floatval($obj["$query"]);
$total = $val * $amount;
return number_format($total, 2, '.', '');
}
//uncomment to test
//echo convertCurrency(10, 'USD', 'PHP');
?>