Magento 2: How to get current Currency and symbol in PHTML File?

Question

How can I get current currency and currency symbol in Magento 2 in a template (.phtml file)? Without creating a block

Answer 1

please note that creating this with objectManager, not the best practice

$objectManager = \Magento\Framework\App\ObjectManager::getInstance();
$currencysymbol = $objectManager->get('Magento\Store\Model\StoreManagerInterface');
$currency = $currencysymbol->getStore()->getCurrentCurrencyCode();

getCurrentCurrencyCode() Gives the Currency code and not the symbol but you were helpful rest I figured -

<?php $objectManager = \Magento\Framework\App\ObjectManager::getInstance(); 
    $storeManager = $objectManager->get('Magento\Store\Model\StoreManagerInterface'); 
    $currencyCode = $storeManager->getStore()->getCurrentCurrencyCode(); 
    $currency = $objectManager->create('Magento\Directory\Model\CurrencyFactory')->create()->load($currencyCode); 
    echo $currencySymbol = $currency->getCurrencySymbol(); ?>

Answer 2

Another way to approach this would be to use the Pricing\Helper, this will both give you the currency symbol and format the number to the correct decimal place.

$objectManager = \Magento\Framework\App\ObjectManager::getInstance(); // Instance of Object Manager
$priceHelper = $objectManager->create('Magento\Framework\Pricing\Helper\Data'); // Instance of Pricing Helper
$value =  1000; // or whatever value you have in your template
$formattedCurrencyValue = $priceHelper->currency($value, true, false);

Although, I believe it's bad practice calling ObjectManager from within a template, for something as simple as getting the correct currency symbol you would imagine it would be more straight forward.

Answer 3

<?php 
$objectManager = \Magento\Framework\App\ObjectManager::getInstance(); 
$storeManager = $objectManager->get('\Magento\Store\Model\StoreManagerInterfa‌​ce'); 
$currencyCode = $storeManager->getStore()->getCurrentCurrencyCode(); 
$currency = $objectManager->create('\Magento\Directory\Model\CurrencyFact‌​ory')->create()->loa‌​d($currencyCode); 
echo $currencySymbol = $currency->getCurrencySymbol(); 
?>

Now you will not face the fatal error

Answer 4

create helper file with method:

I believe it's right practice

use Magento\Store\Model\StoreManagerInterface;
use Magento\Directory\Model\CurrencyFactory;

class Data
{
    /**
     * @var StoreManagerInterface
     */
    private $storeConfig;

    /**
     * @var CurrencyFactory
     */
    private $currencyCode;

    /**
     * Currency constructor.
     *
     * @param StoreManagerInterface $storeConfig
     * @param CurrencyFactory $currencyFactory
     */
    public function __construct(
        StoreManagerInterface $storeConfig,
        CurrencyFactory $currencyFactory
    ) {
        $this->storeConfig = $storeConfig;
        $this->currencyCode = $currencyFactory->create();
    }

    /**
     * @return string
     */
    public function getSymbol()
    {
        $currentCurrency = $this->storeConfig->getStore()->getCurrentCurrencyCode();
        $currency = $this->currencyCode->load($currentCurrency);
        return $currency->getCurrencySymbol();
    }
}

call helper file in phtml

$this->helper('YourNamespace\Modulename\Helper\Data')->getSymbol();

Answer 5

public function __construct(
 ...
 \Magento\Store\Model\StoreManagerInterface $storeManager,
 ... )
     {
    ...
    $this->_storeManager = $storeManager;
    ...
}

public function getCurrencySymbol() {
        return $this ->_storeManager-> getStore()->getBaseCurrency()->getCurrencySymbol();
    }

Answer 6

$objectManager = \Magento\Framework\App\ObjectManager::getInstance(); 
$currencysymbol = $objectManager->get('Magento\Store\Model\StoreManagerInterface');
$currency = $currencysymbol->getStore()->getCurrentCurrencyCode();
$currency = $objectManager->create('Magento\Directory\Model\CurrencyFactory')->create()->load($currency);
$currencySymbol = $currency->getCurrencySymbol();

Answer 7

I have noticed that some of the answers above includes code with invisible characters (&#8203 and &#8204, in particular) that makes it unusable. I haven't tried all versions of the code that has been posted here, since many have posted the same code. But here comes a clean code, with no invisible characters.

$objectManager = \Magento\Framework\App\ObjectManager::getInstance();
$storeManager = $objectManager->get('Magento\Store\Model\StoreManagerInterface');
$currencyFactory = $objectManager->create('Magento\Directory\Model\CurrencyFactory');
$currencyCode = $storeManager->getStore()->getCurrentCurrencyCode();
$currency = $currencyFactory->create()->load($currencyCode);
$currencySymbol = $currency->getCurrencySymbol();

Answer 8

A shorter version that should work:

<?php 
    echo Mage::app()->getLocale()->currency(Mage::app()->getStore()->getCurrentCurrencyCode())->getSymbol(); 
?>