11-09-2014
The printf utility has been almost universally available for more than 2 decades and is a built-in in almost all current shells. There is a large set of conversion specifiers that behave the same way on all systems and in all shells. (Some shells provide extensions that supply additional conversion specifiers.)
The echo utility has been universally available for more than 4 decades and is a built-in in almost all current shells. The meaning of various options and backslash escape sequences recognized by echo varies from system to system and shell to shell.
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ROUND(3) 1 ROUND(3)
round - Rounds a float
SYNOPSIS
float round (float $val, [int $precision], [int $mode = PHP_ROUND_HALF_UP])
DESCRIPTION
Returns the rounded value of $val to specified $precision (number of digits after the decimal point). $precision can also be negative or
zero (default).
Note
PHP doesn't handle strings like "12,300.2" correctly by default. See converting from strings.
PARAMETERS
o $val
- The value to round
o $precision
- The optional number of decimal digits to round to.
o $mode
- Use one of the following constants to specify the mode in which rounding occurs.
+--------------------+---------------------------------------------------+
| Constant | |
| | |
| | Description |
| | |
+--------------------+---------------------------------------------------+
| | |
| PHP_ROUND_HALF_UP | |
| | |
| | Round $val up to $precision decimal places away |
| | from zero, when it is half way there. Making 1.5 |
| | into 2 and -1.5 into -2. |
| | |
| | |
|PHP_ROUND_HALF_DOWN | |
| | |
| | Round $val down to $precision decimal places |
| | towards zero, when it is half way there. Making |
| | 1.5 into 1 and -1.5 into -1. |
| | |
| | |
|PHP_ROUND_HALF_EVEN | |
| | |
| | Round $val to $precision decimal places towards |
| | the next even value. |
| | |
| | |
|PHP_ROUND_HALF_ODD | |
| | |
| | Round $val to $precision decimal places towards |
| | the next odd value. |
| | |
+--------------------+---------------------------------------------------+
RETURN VALUES
The rounded value
EXAMPLES
Example #1
round(3) examples
<?php
echo round(3.4); // 3
echo round(3.5); // 4
echo round(3.6); // 4
echo round(3.6, 0); // 4
echo round(1.95583, 2); // 1.96
echo round(1241757, -3); // 1242000
echo round(5.045, 2); // 5.05
echo round(5.055, 2); // 5.06
?>
Example #2
$mode examples
<?php
echo round(9.5, 0, PHP_ROUND_HALF_UP); // 10
echo round(9.5, 0, PHP_ROUND_HALF_DOWN); // 9
echo round(9.5, 0, PHP_ROUND_HALF_EVEN); // 10
echo round(9.5, 0, PHP_ROUND_HALF_ODD); // 9
echo round(8.5, 0, PHP_ROUND_HALF_UP); // 9
echo round(8.5, 0, PHP_ROUND_HALF_DOWN); // 8
echo round(8.5, 0, PHP_ROUND_HALF_EVEN); // 8
echo round(8.5, 0, PHP_ROUND_HALF_ODD); // 9
?>
Example #3
$mode with precision examples
<?php
/* Using PHP_ROUND_HALF_UP with 1 decimal digit precision */
echo round( 1.55, 1, PHP_ROUND_HALF_UP); // 1.6
echo round( 1.54, 1, PHP_ROUND_HALF_UP); // 1.5
echo round(-1.55, 1, PHP_ROUND_HALF_UP); // -1.6
echo round(-1.54, 1, PHP_ROUND_HALF_UP); // -1.5
/* Using PHP_ROUND_HALF_DOWN with 1 decimal digit precision */
echo round( 1.55, 1, PHP_ROUND_HALF_DOWN); // 1.5
echo round( 1.54, 1, PHP_ROUND_HALF_DOWN); // 1.5
echo round(-1.55, 1, PHP_ROUND_HALF_DOWN); // -1.5
echo round(-1.54, 1, PHP_ROUND_HALF_DOWN); // -1.5
/* Using PHP_ROUND_HALF_EVEN with 1 decimal digit precision */
echo round( 1.55, 1, PHP_ROUND_HALF_EVEN); // 1.6
echo round( 1.54, 1, PHP_ROUND_HALF_EVEN); // 1.5
echo round(-1.55, 1, PHP_ROUND_HALF_EVEN); // -1.6
echo round(-1.54, 1, PHP_ROUND_HALF_EVEN); // -1.5
/* Using PHP_ROUND_HALF_ODD with 1 decimal digit precision */
echo round( 1.55, 1, PHP_ROUND_HALF_ODD); // 1.5
echo round( 1.54, 1, PHP_ROUND_HALF_ODD); // 1.5
echo round(-1.55, 1, PHP_ROUND_HALF_ODD); // -1.5
echo round(-1.54, 1, PHP_ROUND_HALF_ODD); // -1.5
?>
CHANGELOG
+--------+---------------------------------------------------+
|Version | |
| | |
| | Description |
| | |
+--------+---------------------------------------------------+
| 5.3.0 | |
| | |
| | The $mode parameter was introduced. |
| | |
| 5.2.7 | |
| | |
| | The inner workings of round(3) was changed to |
| | conform to the C99 standard. |
| | |
+--------+---------------------------------------------------+
SEE ALSO
ceil(3), floor(3), number_format(3).
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