title: PHP: MySql Data Type for monetary values
body: <p>What is the best way to store monetary values in MySql.</p>
  
  <p>I've seen this: decimal(5,2)</p>
  
  <p>but then you can't enter in more than $999.99 for the amount. I mean I know you can change the 5 to something else but this doesn't seem like the most appropriate way to do this.. then again I'm not sure that's why I'm posting.</p>
  
  <p>I've also seen storing the amount as an unsigned int too. So what's the most efficient way to store monetary values?</p>