RE: [PHP-GENERAL] Rounding arithmetic results

If you wish to receive the next highest number for when you have fractional values, you can use the ceil() function: http://www.php.net/manual/function.ceil.php The round() function will also give you the behavior that you are looking for: http://www.php.net/manual/function.round.php Sam Masiello System Analyst Chek.Com (716) 853-1362 x289 smasiello@chekinc.com -----Original Message----- From: Dion Vansevenant [mailto:dion.vansevenant@rowecom.ca] Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2000 3:32 PM To: PHP General Subject: [PHP-GENERAL] Rounding arithmetic results I am fairly new to PHP3 so please forgive me if this seems like to no-brainer to you. I am working on a little chunk of code that counts the number of pages in a given area, then divides by 2 to determine how many items to print in each of two columns of a table. Works just great when the results are based on an even number of pages, but odd numbers give me half answers (1.5, 2.5, etc.). What would be a good method of checking for a half answer and rounding up? Thanks. Dion ************************************************************************* * Dion Vansevenant * * Systems & Technology Analyst dion.vansevenant@rowecom.ca * * RoweCom Canada Tel: (519) 472-1005 * * P.O. Box 2382 Fax: (519) 472-1072 * * London, ON N6A 5A7 www.rowecom.ca * * Canada * ************************************************************************* -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net