RE: Round to the nearest X

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> 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.  
> 

37678 + 500 -  (37678 % 500)



Jared

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