On 16/01/2012, at 2:48 PM, Chris Payne wrote: > Hi Jason, > > I've tried lots of different things, including: > > echo "<br>" . round(68500, 1000) . " ROUNDED"; > > thinking that might be it, but i'm stumped > > This is the example I was given (And have to go by): > > "If the loan amount is $68500.00, the insurace will be based on > $69000.00 as the amount is always rounded up to the next $1000." > > Maybe i'm just looking at it wrong but i'm stumped. > > Chris The round() function only rounds decimal values. You can use this to emulate rounding to a near power of ten by dividing, rounding, then multiplying again. i.e. echo "<br>" . round(68500/1000) * 1000 . " ROUNDED"; --- Simon Welsh Admin of http://simon.geek.nz/ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php