> > On Wed, 2008-12-24 at 20:38 +0100, Anders Norrbring wrote: > > > Rounding an integer to the closest divisor by ten is easy with > > round() and a > > > negative precision, but I turn out to be lost if I want to round to > a > > given > > > number.. > > > > > > Example, round to the closest 5000, or closest 400? Any great > ideas? > > > > > > Thanks, and merry x-mas! > > > Anders. > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.alixaxel.com/wordpress/wp-content/2008/05/Round.php > > > > Someone was way ahead of you and found the answer and posted on the > PHP > > manual pages back in May. The manual pages are always useful, even if > > only for the user-written functions! > > > > > > Ash > > www.ashleysheridan.co.uk > > > Thanks Ash. > I browse the pages frequently for ideas, and also did it yesterday.. > However, I must have missed that post, maybe because it was so small in > the > list.. ;-) > > Thanks for the tip! > > Anders. I cheered too fast.. That function rounds to the closest 500, literally.. So, 1100 is rounded to 1500, not to 1000 which would be the correct value. Any more ideas from anyone? My mind isn't working right at the moment, so a "ready-to-plug-in" function would be really great! Thanks, Anders. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
