I have a number stored in scientific notation
2.01421700079E+14
I've tried using float, string, int and I can't get
0201421700079085 from 2.01421700079E+14
1. echo (float)$awb;
2. echo number_format($awb, 0, '', '');
3. echo (int)$awb;
4. echo (string)$awb;
printf
and friends will do this:
<?php
$awb = 2.01421700079E+14;
$str = sprintf("%d", $awb);
var_dump($str);
Output:
string(15) "201421700079000"
There obviously isn't enough information in your original number to get any more precision than that.