floor
Name
floor — Truncates the given argument to the integer
portion.
Synopsis
int floor
(i);
float i: Number to be
rounded
Returns
Next-lowest integer from the given argument; FALSE on
error
Description
floor() is the opposite of ceil() . It rounds down a
floating-point number to the next-lowest integer, no
matter what the value of the floating-point number is.
Example
Example 674. Truncate a
floating-point number
$number = 12.923;
echo "The next smaller integer to $number is ", floor($number);
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