From 26d2d871040ca19540b79b3ed5810ff4628db2b0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matt Young <matt@mattyoung.us>
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2026 05:14:04 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] add formatMoney helper

---
 app/helpers.php | 8 ++++++++
 composer.json   | 3 +++
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 app/helpers.php

diff --git a/app/helpers.php b/app/helpers.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a8ca5df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/helpers.php
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<?php
+
+if (! function_exists('formatMoney')) {
+    function formatMoney(int|float $dollars): string
+    {
+        return '$'.number_format($dollars, 2);
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index d2bfe18..956c553 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@
         "pestphp/pest-plugin-laravel": "^4.0"
     },
     "autoload": {
+        "files": [
+            "app/helpers.php"
+        ],
         "psr-4": {
             "App\\": "app/",
             "Database\\Factories\\": "database/factories/",