* Thus wrote Philip J. Newman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > My goal is to input the amount of Bytes used by a user as $inputbox and > calculate how many kbs,megs,gigs along with $cost for the price per meg. > > <? > > $inputbox = "414478244"; > > // PROCESS DATA > $kbs = $inputbox/1024; > $megs = $kbs/1024; > $gigs = $megs/1024; > > // CALC COST OF MEGS > cost = $megs * 0.05; > > // OUT PUT DATA. > echo"<b>$inputbox bytes = </b><br>$kbs kb.<br>$megs meg @ $0.05c per Meg = > \$$cost<br>$gigs gig.<br><br>"; > > ?> > > This is what I get outputted. > > 414478244 bytes = > 404763.910156 kb. > 395.277256012 meg @ $0.05c per Meg = $19.7638628006 > 0.386012945324 gig. > > Questions? > 1. Should I be dividing by 1024 or 1000? This was passed to me by word of > mouth ...
Use 1024, only marketers seem to be able to get away with using 1000. > 2. Any way of rounding to 2 or 3 digests after the decimal point. see round() and number_format() in the manual. > 3. to remove any , from the inputted string. see str_replace() Curt -- "I used to think I was indecisive, but now I'm not so sure." -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
