Re: Round to the nearest X

I think the formula you are looking for is something like this: round( y/x, 0) * x With y being your number and x being the nearest increment number to round to. On Apr 28, 2005, at 4:10 PM, Chris Boget wrote:

I realize this is a dumb question but I just can't come up with an equation that will do this and I don't see an internal PHP function (for version 4.3) that will do this... Basically I need to come up with an equation/algorithm that will round any number up/down to the nearest X. I tried using y +/- (y mod x) but after I started putting in some test numbers, it didn't always work. For example, 37678 + ( 37678 % 500 ) did not round up to the nearest 500. Any ideas? thnx, Chris -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- Brent Baisley Systems Architect Landover Associates, Inc. Search & Advisory Services for Advanced Technology Environments p: 212.759.6400/800.759.0577