Re: [PHP] Calculation assistance.. :)

2008-09-20 Thread tedd
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Re: [PHP] Calculation assistance.. :)

2008-09-20 Thread Richard Heyes
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Re: [PHP] Calculation assistance.. :)

2008-09-19 Thread Stephen Johnson
gt; To: Stephen Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: PHP list - not junk > Subject: Re: [PHP] Calculation assistance.. :) > > You originally had: > > $nPrincipal * ( $nMonthlyInterest / (1 - (1 + $nMonthlyInterest) ^ - > $iMonths)) > > which, translate to in PHP &

Re: [PHP] Calculation assistance.. :)

2008-09-19 Thread Eugene Mah
I think you need to do pow((1+$nMonthlyInterest),($iMonths*-1)) Eugene Stephen Johnson wrote: > Right ... But that is producing even funkier results... > > doing pow( (1-(1+$nMonthlyInterest)) , ($iMonths*-1) ) ; > > Gives me : > > 4.2502451372964E-35 = 25000 * (0.00104167 / 6.127097

Re: [PHP] Calculation assistance.. :)

2008-09-19 Thread Eric Gorr
You originally had: $nPrincipal * ( $nMonthlyInterest / (1 - (1 + $nMonthlyInterest) ^ - $iMonths)) which, translate to in PHP $nPrincipal * ( $nMonthlyInterest / (1 - pow( ( 1 + $nMonthlyInterest ), -$iMonths ) ) ) On Sep 19, 2008, at 3:48 PM, Stephen Johnson wrote: Right ... But th

Re: [PHP] Calculation assistance.. :)

2008-09-19 Thread Stephen Johnson
Right ... But that is producing even funkier results... doing pow( (1-(1+$nMonthlyInterest)) , ($iMonths*-1) ) ; Gives me : 4.2502451372964E-35 = 25000 * (0.00104167 / 6.1270975733019E+35); -- Stephen Johnson c | eh The Lone Coder http://www.thelonecoder.com continuing the struggle

Re: [PHP] Calculation assistance.. :)

2008-09-19 Thread Eric Gorr
I believe what you are looking is: http://us2.php.net/manual/en/function.pow.php number pow ( number $base , number $exp ) Returns base raised to the power of exp On Sep 19, 2008, at 3:34 PM, Stephen Johnson wrote: OK.. Math is NOT my forte ... I am converting a site from ASP to PHP ...