note 38928 added to function.round

From: Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2004 16:45:24 +0000
Subject: note 38928 added to function.round
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To round any number to a given number of significant digits, use log10 to find out its magnitude: round($n, ceil(0 - log10($n)) + $sigdigits); Or when you have to display a per-unit price which may work out to be less than a few cents/pence/yen you can use: // $exp = currency decimal places - 0 for Yen/Won, 2 for most others $dp = ceil(0 - log10($n)) + $sigdigits; $display = number_format($amount, ($exp>$dp)?$exp:$dp); This always displays at least the number of decimal places required by the currency, but more if displaying the unit price with precision requires it - eg: 'English proofreading from $0.0068 per word', 'English beer from $6.80 per pint'. ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.round.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+38928 Delete -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+38928&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+38928&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php

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