The function returns a random number in the range 0 0 1 0.
Php floor whole number.
Php round half even round number to precision decimal places towards the next even value.
Php round half down round number down to precision decimal places when it is half way there.
To round a floating point number look at the round function.
That is it may sometimes return 0 0 but will never return 1 0.
Rounds 1 5 to 1 and 1 5 to 1.
Rounding is often done to obtain a value that is easier to report and communicate than the original.
Ceil floor and round.
Rounding means replacing a number with an approximate value that has a shorter simpler or more explicit representation for example replacing 23 4476 with 23 45 the fraction 312 937 with 1 3 or the expression 2 with 1 414.
To generate a random integer from 1 to n use floor random n 1.
Rounds 1 5 to 2 and 1 5 to 2.
I just added a 1 and after the floor or ceil call remove with a substr.
To round a number up to the nearest integer look at the ceil function.
If you are doing statistics as the question implies i suspect antonio vinicius menezes medei answer will suite you best.
The round function in php has 3 parameters which are number precision and mode among which the latter two are optional parameters the round function returns the rounded value of the argument passed.
Their are plenty of answer already.
Rounds number up to precision decimal when it is half way there.
In mathematics and computer science the floor function is the function that takes as input a real number and gives as output the greatest integer less than or equal to denoted or similarly the ceiling function maps to the least integer greater than or equal to denoted or.
If the number is 0 05999 it returns 0 59 because the zero at left position is deleted.
A correction to the funcion floor dec from the user php is the best.
It is a common situation that you want less accuracy than php gives you in which case you need to use one of php s selection of rounding functions.
Rounding can also be important to avoid misleadingly precise.
This is not an attempt to answer this question so much.
The floor function rounds a number down to the nearest integer if necessary and returns the result.