---
title: "Allocation & splitting — Money for Laravel | Roundly"
description: "Split amounts by ratios or into equal parts without losing a cent, and spread an order discount across line totals exactly."
url: https://roundly-consulting.com/open-source/docs/money-for-laravel/allocation
language: en
---

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# Allocation & splitting

Split an amount without losing or inventing a minor unit. allocate() takes ratios — ints, integer strings or decimals. Every part is within one minor unit of its exact share, and the parts always sum back to the original:

```php
$total = Money::ofMajor('100', 'EUR');

[$a, $b, $c] = $total->allocate(1, 1, 1);   // 33.34, 33.33, 33.33 — sums back to 100.00
$total->allocate(70, 30);                   // 70.00, 30.00
$total->allocate('0.5', '0.25', '0.25');    // 50.00, 25.00, 25.00 — decimal ratios work too
$total->split(3);                           // same as allocate(1, 1, 1)

Money::ofMajor('30', 'EUR')->ratioTo(Money::ofMajor('120', 'EUR')); // Ratio 1/4, exact
```

## How it works

- Each share is ⌊|amount| × ratio / Σ ratios⌋; the leftover units go one each to the largest exact remainders, ties to the lower index.
- The sign is re-applied afterwards, so negative amounts split symmetrically.
- Zero-ratio slots receive zero.
- split($parts) is allocate() with equal ratios, for 1 to 10 000 parts.
- No ratios, a negative ratio or a zero total throw InvalidAllocation.

## Order discounts across lines

DiscountAllocator spreads an order-level discount over line totals with the same largest-remainder method, weighted by the line amounts. The shares sum to the discount exactly and no share ever exceeds its line:

```php
use RoundlyConsulting\Money\Discounts\DiscountAllocator;

$shares = app(DiscountAllocator::class)->allocate(
    Money::ofMajor('10', 'EUR'),   // the order-level discount
    Money::ofMajor('30', 'EUR'),   // line totals…
    Money::ofMajor('20', 'EUR'),
    Money::ofMajor('50', 'EUR'),
);
// 3.00, 2.00, 5.00 EUR — the shares sum to the discount, and 0 ≤ share ≤ line
```

A discount larger than the lines together throws InvalidDiscount; mixed currencies throw CurrencyMismatch. The allocator is bound as a singleton.

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