On Sep 28, 2012, at 9:27 AM, Jim Giner <jim.gi...@albanyhandball.com> wrote:
> On 9/28/2012 2:11 AM, Simon J Welsh wrote: >> On 28/09/2012, at 6:08 PM, Chris Payne <oxygene...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> I would use something similar to $rounded_number = ceil($test2/1000)*1000; >> --- >> Simon Welsh >> Admin of http://simon.geek.nz/ >> > From my days as a math major, rounding doesn't always go up - it goes to the > nearest level that you have indicated. As Simon shows you, you want to ceil > to always go up, and floor to always go down. Neat function names > actually... :) A more accurate rounding is HALF-EVEN -- first Google search produces: http://www.crazysquirrel.com/computing/java/basics/rounding.jspx I did this with php several years ago, namely: http://www.webbytedd.com/bbb/rounding/ I leave it to the community to develop the code. Cheers, tedd _____________________ t...@sperling.com http://sperling.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
