Round up to nearest multiple of five in PHP

Question

I want a php function which returns 55 when calling it with 52.

I've tried the round() function:

echo round(94, -1); // 90 

It returns 90 but I want 95.

Thanks.

Answer 1

This can be accomplished in a number of ways, depending on your preferred rounding convention:

1. Round to the next multiple of 5, exclude the current number

Behaviour: 50 outputs 55, 52 outputs 55

function roundUpToAny($n,$x=5) {     return round(($n+$x/2)/$x)*$x; } 

2. Round to the nearest multiple of 5, include the current number

Behaviour: 50 outputs 50, 52 outputs 55, 50.25 outputs 50

function roundUpToAny($n,$x=5) {     return (round($n)%$x === 0) ? round($n) : round(($n+$x/2)/$x)*$x; } 

3. Round up to an integer, then to the nearest multiple of 5

Behaviour: 50 outputs 50, 52 outputs 55, 50.25 outputs 55

function roundUpToAny($n,$x=5) {     return (ceil($n)%$x === 0) ? ceil($n) : round(($n+$x/2)/$x)*$x; } 

Answer 2

1. Divide by 5
2. round() (or ceil() if you want to round up always)
3. Multiply by 5.

The value 5 (the resolution / granularity) can be anything — replaced it in both step 1 and 3

So in summary:

    $rounded_number = ceil( $initial_number / 5 ) * 5