how to eliminate decimal values? Urgent help required

[nandla]

i'm new in php.
kindly tell me how to eliminate decimal values in php string.
e.g,

<?PHP
$kanal = "5.0236";
?>

how to make its output only 5 without decimal and after decimal values. ?

[nandla]

thanks guys! I've found its solution in exploding a string ;)

[dreamcatcher]

<?php
$kanal = "5.0236";
echo number_format($kanal,0);
?>

dc

[nandla]

thanks for replying but this won't work coz it required PHP 5.3.x to work, so it didn't work for me in localhost

[rocknbil]

echo intval($number); should do it too. intval() [us3.php.net]

[Readie]

Another alternative is the floor() function.

[dreamcatcher]

thanks for replying but this won't work coz it required PHP 5.3.x to work, so it didn't work for me in localhost

Not true. number_format has worked since PHP4.

dc