ceil
(PHP 4, PHP 5)
ceil — Round fractions up
Description
float ceil
( float $value
)
Returns the next highest integer value by rounding up
value
if necessary.
Parameters
-
value
-
The value to round
Return Values
value
rounded up to the next highest
integer.
The return value of ceil() is still of type
float as the value range of float is
usually bigger than that of integer.
Examples
Example #1 ceil() example
<?php
echo ceil(4.3); echo ceil(9.999); echo ceil(-3.14); ?>
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