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<h1 class="refname">ceil</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 4, PHP 5)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">ceil</span> — <span class="dc-title">Round fractions up</span></p>
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<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="type">float</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>ceil</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">float</span> <code class="parameter">$value</code></span>
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Returns the next highest integer value by rounding up
<em><code class="parameter">value</code></em> if necessary.
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<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
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<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">value</code></em></span>
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<p class="para">
The value to round
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<div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-function.ceil-returnvalues">
<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
<p class="para">
<em><code class="parameter">value</code></em> rounded up to the next highest
integer.
The return value of <span class="function"><strong>ceil()</strong></span> is still of type
<span class="type"><a href="language.types.float.html" class="type float">float</a></span> as the value range of <span class="type"><a href="language.types.float.html" class="type float">float</a></span> is
usually bigger than that of <span class="type"><a href="language.types.integer.html" class="type integer">integer</a></span>.
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<div class="refsect1 examples" id="refsect1-function.ceil-examples">
<h3 class="title">Examples</h3>
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<p><strong>Example #1 <span class="function"><strong>ceil()</strong></span> example</strong></p>
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<div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br /></span><span style="color: #007700">echo </span><span style="color: #0000BB">ceil</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">4.3</span><span style="color: #007700">); </span><span style="color: #FF8000">// 5<br /></span><span style="color: #007700">echo </span><span style="color: #0000BB">ceil</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">9.999</span><span style="color: #007700">); </span><span style="color: #FF8000">// 10<br /></span><span style="color: #007700">echo </span><span style="color: #0000BB">ceil</span><span style="color: #007700">(-</span><span style="color: #0000BB">3.14</span><span style="color: #007700">); </span><span style="color: #FF8000">// -3<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
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<div class="refsect1 seealso" id="refsect1-function.ceil-seealso">
<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
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<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.floor.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">floor()</a> - Round fractions down</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.round.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">round()</a> - Rounds a float</span></li>
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