Re: Re: x years old

and for completeness of the topic, ceil() will round fractions up. i.e. ceil(16.00001) = 17 ceil(16.00000) = 16 <attempted-humor> I think the Credit Card Industry using ceil() alot ;P </attempted-humor> On 7/2/05, Jasper Bryant-Greene <jasper@bryant-greene.name> wrote: > > Ryan A wrote: > > Hey guys, > > This is the code I am using to display a persons age from the mysql db: > > > > $day1=strtotime($age); > > $day2 = strtotime(date("Y-m-d")); > > $dif_s = ($day2-$day1); > > $dif_d = ($dif_s/60/60/24); > > $age = round(($dif_d/365.24)); > > > > but when someone entered their birth day($age) as 1988-07-06 it is > showing > > it as > > 17 years old instead of 16...any idea whats wrong in the above code? > > Use floor() instead of round(). Using the round() function will round > anyone whose age is above 16.5 to 17, while floor() always rounds down. > > Jasper > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >