Number of Section Calculation

[janet287]

I am using this logic to calculate the number of sections in a given course. But, it seems to be coming out one week short.

$course->numsections = ceil( $endtime - $starttime ) / ( 60 60 24 * 7 );

So, for example if the start date is Jan 18th and the end date is May 14, it should return 17 sections. Instead it is returning 16 sections.

How do I fix it so the calculations works correctly?

[halojoy]

Maybe because rounding up with ceil is done before division.
It is probably intented to execute after division

Try this

$course->numsections = ceil( ( $endtime - $starttime ) / ( 60 * 60 * 24 * 7 ) );

[janet287]

That did it. Thanks so much!