> > > 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! Dear Lord.. It seems like it was so much simpler than I would even guess.. Maybe that's why I didn't see it? function roundto($number, $to) { return round($number / $to) * $to; } Anders. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
