Re: Re: Problem with number_format

* Thus wrote Martin Geisler (gimpster@gimpster.com): > My PHP manual (from a Debian package) has the following note on the > page for round(): > > Caution > > When rounding on exact halves round() rounds down on evens and up on > odds. If you want to always force it in one direction on a .5 (or > .05 in your case) add or substract a tiny fuzz factor. The reason > behind rounding half the values down and the other half up is to > avoid the classical banking problem where if you always rounded down > you would be stealing money from your customers, or if you always > rounded up you would end up over time losing money. By averaging it > out through evens and odds you statistically break even. This is a documentation error. And is not on the current documentation. Curt -- "I used to think I was indecisive, but now I'm not so sure."