ceil
ceil
(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7)
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); // 5 echo ceil(9.999); // 10 echo ceil(-3.14); // -3 ?>
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