Point looping

[machonemedia]

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

[eelixduppy]

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 
} 

[machonemedia]

I ended up solving the problem by using the method I stated above. Thanks though.