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This lightweight plugin uses CURL to connect to google finance to allow you to convert any value to an alternate currency on the fly.

Base Tag

{exp:currency_converter:convert_currency 
    amount="100" 
    from="USD" 
    to="EUR" 
    round="down" 
    round_to="99" 
    decimal="2"}

Parameters

 
• amount="100"
• from="USD" (over 50 currencies supported)
• to="EUR"
• round="up|down"  Facility to round result up or down to next full value.
• round_to="00"  useful for forcing the decimal place rounding to exact cents / pence, example - if result is $12.46 you can force result up to $12.99 for price consistency.
• decimal="2"  - Number of decimal places to use.

Examples

{exp:currency_converter:convert_currency amount="12.99" 
    from="USD" 
    to="GBP"} 

Result = 8.4305 (at exchange rate on 18th Jan)

{exp:currency_converter:convert_currency amount="12.99" 
    from="USD" 
    to="GBP" 
    round_to="00" }

Result = 8.00

{exp:currency_converter:convert_currency amount="12.99" 
    from="USD"
    to="GBP" 
    round="up" 
    round_to="00"}

Result = 9.00

{exp:currency_converter:convert_currency amount="12.99" 
    from="USD" 
    to="GBP" 
    round="up" 
    round_to="99"}

Result = 8.99

{exp:currency_converter:convert_currency amount="12.99" 
    from="USD" 
    to="GBP" 
    round="down" 
    round_to="99"}

Result = 7.99

{exp:currency_converter:convert_currency amount="12.99"
    from="USD" 
    to="GBP" 
    round="down" 
    round_to="00"}

Result = 8.00

Coming Soon

AUTO currency recognition based on IP, will allow you to auto convert currency to local user currency.

Change Log

V 1.0.1 - Improved rounding efficiency.
V 1.0.0 - Initial Release