On Monday 04 October 2004 15:26, Louie Miranda wrote: > the percent of 20% is = .20 right? 'don't know what's "the pecent of 20% is" ;) but in decimal form, yes, it's right. Or, just ".2" or "0.2". > how can i compute the correct value for this? > > my $totalCost is $4,000 and when i compute it to .20 using > this method.. > > $shippingestimate = $totalCost * .20; > > i get the value for the shippingestimate = $0.8 which is > wrong.. it should $800 what seems to be wrong? Formatting problem, most likely. Try this: <?php $totalCost = 4000; $shippingEstimate = $totalCost * 0.2; echo $shippingEstimate; ?> * I changed the "E" on $shippingEstimate on purpose :) -- - E - copperwalls was here ;) -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
