categorized answer QandAEditors The guy asked to round a number, the simplest way is (my highschool teacher would be proud now..): <code>$rounded = int ( $orig + 0.5 )</code> <br> This approach floors any decimal portion less than 0.5, and rounds up (in value) any decimal portion greater than .5. That means the following: <code> 1.1 rounds to 1.0. 1.5 rounds to 2.0. -1.1 rounds to 1.0. -1.5 rounds to 1.0. </code> 24335