How to get whole and decimal part of a number?

Question

Given, say, 1.25 - how do I get \"1\" and .\"25\" parts of this number?

I need to check if the decimal part is .0, .25, .5, or .75.

Answer 1

The floor() method doesn't work for negative numbers. This works every time:

$num = 5.7;
$whole = (int) $num;  // 5
$frac  = $num - $whole;  // .7

...also works for negatives (same code, different number):

$num = -5.7;
$whole = (int) $num;  // -5
$frac  = $num - $whole;  // -.7