Thanks for all the help, floor() was the correct choice for this problem .

-Blake

Vincent Jansen wrote:

Hi Richard

I agree....
But you always want to round down ;)

Blake> Is there a function that when you divide 2 numbers you drop the Blake> remainder and are left with the whole number.

Still seems floor() to me

Vincent



-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Davey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: woensdag 11 februari 2004 15:23
To: Vincent Jansen
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re[2]: [PHP] Math Question



Hello Vincent,


Wednesday, February 11, 2004, 2:15:15 PM, you wrote:

VJ> Seems to me you need
VJ> floor($number1 / $number2)

Only if you always want to round *down* the equation. For example
flooring a result of 4.99 will give you an integer of 4 whereas
round() (or ceil()) will give you 5. It depends on the situation as to
which is most useful.




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