ceil
(PHP 3, PHP 4 )
ceil -- Round fractions up
Description
float
ceil ( float value)
Returns the next highest integer value by rounding up
value
if necessary. The return value of ceil() is still of type
float as the value range of
float is usually bigger than that of
integer.
Example 1. ceil() example
<?php
echo ceil(4.3); // 5
echo ceil(9.999); // 10
?>
See also
floor() and
round().
