ceil

(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

ceil — Round fractions up

Description

ceil(int|float $num): float

Returns the next highest integer value by rounding up num if necessary.

Parameters

num

The value to round

Return Values

num rounded up to the next highest integer. The return value of ceil() is still of type float as the value range of float is usually bigger than that of int.

Changelog

VersionDescription
8.0.0num no longer accepts internal objects which support numeric conversion.

Examples

Example #1 ceil() example

<?php
echo ceil(4.3), PHP_EOL; // 5
echo ceil(9.999), PHP_EOL; // 10
echo ceil(-3.14), PHP_EOL; // -3
?>

See Also