ceil
(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7)
ceil — Round fractions up
Description
ceil ( float $value ) : float
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 int.
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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