Php Floor Function

Glen 01 dec 2007 04 22 php echo floor 1 6.

Php floor function.

A function is a block of statements that can be used repeatedly in a program. The floor function rounds a number down to the nearest integer if necessary and returns the result. The floor function works in the inverse of the ceil this rounds the fractional values down. Php floor function is used to round a given input number down to the nearest integer.

See example of php floor function. In reply to glen who commented. Besides the built in php functions it is possible to create your own functions. The result will be rounded to 2.

Floor value of 10 is 10 floor value of 111 13 is 112 floor value of 100 01 is 100 floor value of 200 is 200. It accepts only a single parameter number that is the nearest integer. A function will not execute automatically when a page loads. The result will be rounded to 7.

Will the result be rounded. To round a number up to the nearest integer look at the ceil function. As in 1 is logically greater than 1 6. What is php floor function.

If we take the same example previously described we will have the following results. This function always returns a float number as range of float is bigger than that of integer. The floor function is another in built function in php iterpreter. Php user defined functions.

The floor function converts the given numeric value to the next lower integer. Will output 1. To go lower the floor function would go to 2 which is logically less than 1 6. Floor isn t trying to give you the number closest to zero it s giving you the lowest bounding integer of a float.

The greatest integer function also known as the floor function gives the greatest integer less than or equal to its argument the floor of is usually denoted by or the action of this function is the same as rounding down on a positive argument this function is the same as dropping everything after the decimal point but this is not true for negative values. To round a floating point number look at the round function.