simple division

[tito]

hello, I am trying to make a simple division using the function ceil()

$ex=ceil($div/5);

but when $div=42.50, the results are wrong, showing 9 instead of 8.5.

Can someone please help?

Thanks.

[bdeguire]

Hey!

ceil returns the lowest integer above your result. So if you want it to display 8.5, you shouldn't be using ceil cuz it will always return an integer.

Not sure what you're trying to do exactly but let me know and I can give you a hand.

Hope that solves one of your problems.

Ben

[tito]

thanks. I am grabbing the exchange rate from my country which varies from day to day and want to make the conversion in american dollars. The conversion factor is always 5.
so it could be 38.75/5 , 42.50/5 , 39/5 etc...

[tito]

never mind... I must have done something wrong before. I got it, the simple way, thank you