Mathmatical Question

Rounding Numbers Down and Up

[stuart]

Hi, Does anyone know the maths to round down or up 2 numbers, to the nearest 0 or 5, to achieve a price range as follows:

ie: £131(1st number) to 174(2nd number) = £130 to 175
ie: £136(1st number) to 179(2nd number) = £135 to 180
...etc,

I was thinking along the following lines but someone said its best done mathematically:

if 0 = 0
if 5 = 5

1st number:
if last digit is 1, 2, 3, 4 = 0
if last digit is 6, 7, 8, 9, = 5

2nd number:
if last digit is 1, 2, 3, 4 = 5
if last digit is 6, 7, 8, 9, = 0

Does that make sense? If so, any ideas?
TIA
stuart

[ruserious]

Use [php.net...]

If its only for displaying use [php.net...]

sprintf("%.2f", $price);

[mischief]

42!

ruserious has answered you perfectly, but for future reference the ceil() and floor() functions might be of interest:

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[ShawnR]

I must be running slow today, or maybe I haven't had my coffee yet. I don't get how you can get sprintf do what you need. Same with round, ceil, or floor unless they are coupled with a division then multiplication again. I'd suggest the following:

first number: floor($lower_price/5) * 5
second number: ceil($upper_price/5) * 5

Shawn

[stuart]

Many thanks for your replies all. Much appreciated.