PHP Always Round Up?

[ATLien]

Ok, I am doing a php script that divides a number by the colums of rows, and I have to do some number rounding. I wanted to know how I could always make the number round up, never down.

$number = round(29 / 4);

How could I make that around from 7.25 to 8, and not to 7.

[DaveyBoy]

http://uk.php.net/manual/en/function.ceil.php

Maybe that command?

[Radnor]

see this.... PHP Round

And how about this:

$number = round(29 / 4 + .5);

[Radnor]

<?php

echo round(29 / 4);          // 7
echo "<br>";
echo round(29 / 4 + .5);     // 8

?>

[kyleposey]

The ceil() function will do exactly what you want, round any decimal number to the next highest whole number. round() will round it to the nearest whole number, and floor() will round it to the next lowest whole number.

3 / 5 = .6
round(3 / 5) = 1
ceil(3 / 5) = 1
floor(3 / 5) = 0

12 / 5 = 2.4
round(12 / 5) = 2
ceil(12 / 5) = 3
floor(12 / 5) = 2