PHP round() bug?

[db_guy]

<?
$a=1.5345493;

$b=round($a,2);

echo "b: ".$b;
?>

This code should return "b: 1.54", but instead returns "b: 1.53". Can
anyone else confirm this?

Also, does anyone have a way around this issue?

PHP 4.3.6
Apache 1.3.33
MySQL 3.23.49

[Chris Hope]

Re: PHP round() bug?

db_guy wrote:
[color=blue]
> <?
> $a=1.5345493;
>
> $b=round($a,2);
>
> echo "b: ".$b;
> ?>
>
> This code should return "b: 1.54", but instead returns "b: 1.53". Can
> anyone else confirm this?
>
> Also, does anyone have a way around this issue?[/color]

Why should it return 1.54?

1.5345493 rounded to two decimal places *should* give 1.53

The numbers 0 to 4 are rounded down, and 5 to 9 are rounded up.

The third number after the decimal place is a 4 which would indicate the
number should be rounded down, leaving you with 1.53.

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[Gordon Burditt]

Re: PHP round() bug?

><?[color=blue]
> $a=1.5345493;
> $b=round($a,2);
> echo "b: ".$b;
>?>
>
>This code should return "b: 1.54",[/color]

Would you care to justify that statement? WHY should
it return 1.54?
[color=blue]
>but instead returns "b: 1.53". Can[/color]

Which I believe to be the correct answer.[color=blue]
>anyone else confirm this?
>
>Also, does anyone have a way around this issue?
>
>PHP 4.3.6
>Apache 1.3.33
>MySQL 3.23.49[/color]

Gordon L. Burditt

[Anonymous]

Re: PHP round() bug?

db_guy wrote:[color=blue]
>
> <?
> $a=1.5345493;
>
> $b=round($a,2);
>
> echo "b: ".$b;
> ?>
>
> This code should return "b: 1.54", but instead returns "b: 1.53". Can
> anyone else confirm this?
>
> Also, does anyone have a way around this issue?[/color]

Since 1.534... is smaller than 1.535, round($a,2) will correctly round
it down to 1.53. I wouldn't know what should be wrong with that.

Check the rounding functions. There are also functions that always round
up or down, namely ceil() and floor(). Maybe you were looking for ceil()
instead of round()?