ceil

Function • Params and return types changed in PHP 8.0

Round fractions up.

PHP 5
PHP 7
PHP 8.0
Improved
PHP 8.1
PHP 8.2-8.3
PHP 8.4
PHP 8.5
PHP 8.6

ceil Function synopsis

ceil(int|float $num): float

Parameters

$num

Typeint|float

The value to round

Return value

Typefloat

$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.

Changes to the ceil Function

PHP 8.0

  • Return type added: float
  • Parameter name of parameter #1 changed: $number to $num
  • Parameter type added for parameter #1 ($num): int|float
- ceil($number)
+ ceil(int|float $num): float

ceil Function Availability

PHP VersionAvailability
PHP 8.6Upcoming Release Yes
PHP 8.5Supported (Latest) Yes
PHP 8.4Supported Yes
PHP 8.3Security-Fixes Only Yes
PHP 8.2Security-Fixes Only Yes
PHP 8.1Unsupported Yes
PHP 8.0Unsupported Yes
PHP 7.4Unsupported Yes
PHP 7.3Unsupported Yes
PHP 7.2Unsupported Yes
PHP 7.1Unsupported Yes
PHP 7.0Unsupported Yes
PHP 5.6Unsupported Yes
PHP 5.5Unsupported Yes
PHP 5.4Unsupported Yes
PHP 5.3Unsupported Yes