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machonemedia
msg:4494495 | 9:57 pm on Sep 12, 2012 (gmt 0) |
Hi,
I'm not sure what this is called, if there is an algorithm for this so have had troubles searching for it.
It seems pretty basic but I seem to keep getting stuck in the same place.
I have points and I have a point threshold, as points keep getting accumulated (which is a different number each time) I need to determine if the current points have just passed the threshold or not. So say I have 489 points, then the next amount of points brings the total to 511 points and my max is 500, I have a remainder of 11.
Here's my PHP code:
$current_points = 511;
$min_points = 500;
if($current_points > $min_points){
$points_multiple = $current_points % $min_points;
if($points_multiple > 0){
$points_needed = $min_points - $points_multiple;
}else{
$points_needed = 0;
}
}else{
$points_needed = $min_points - $current_points;
}
Note: The next time this threshold is reached would be after 1000 points, and $min_points could be changed at anytime.
I do have access to the number of points per transaction, so I was thinking I could get that last number and subtract it from the current and if $points_multiple is over the threshold cycle but $current_points - $last_points is under, then I know it has just passed the threshold, but I'd like to know if there's a better way.
Thanks,
Bryan
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eelixduppy
msg:4494850 | 7:05 pm on Sep 13, 2012 (gmt 0) |
Not sure I understand the whole issue here. Doesn't this work?
$currentPoints = 511;
$threshold = 500;
if($currentPoints > $threshold) {
echo 'Passed threshold';
$threshold += 500; // increase threshold value
}
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machonemedia
msg:4494860 | 7:48 pm on Sep 13, 2012 (gmt 0) |
I ended up solving the problem by using the method I stated above. Thanks though.
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