The % control statement

[The_Walrus]

could someone tell me if this is a correct description of the % control statment?

basically it means divisble by?

i.e.

if ($blah % 5 == 0)
{
echo "its divisible by 5";
}

so basically this echo would run anytime $blah was divisible by 5...like 5, 10, 15 etc, etc?

[chris_e]

yes this is completly correct. 😉

[The_Walrus]

Thanks for the vote of confidence! lol

[ednark]

to be more specific its called teh modulus operator... most ofter shortened to mod

and while it is oftern used as a test of 'divisible by' as you are doing..

it really returns the remainer

$remainder = 5%4;
echo $remainder; /// 1

and 100%33 becomes 1 also

but you are using it correctly

ok this is not to insult your intelligence, but to have fun with ascii drawings 🙂

 [U] 1 [/U] 
4)5
  [U]4 -[/U]
  1  <-- remainder