Removing all decimals in PHP

Question

get this from my database:

252.587254564

Well i wanna remove the .587254564 and keep the 252, how can i do that?

Answer 1

Before using above answer what is your exact requirement please see bellow example output.

$val = 252.587254564;

echo (int)$val; //252
echo round($val, 0); //253
echo ceil($val); //253


$val = 1234567890123456789.512345;

echo (int)$val; //1234567890123456768
echo round($val, 0);//1.2345678901235E+18
echo ceil($val); //1.2345678901235E+18


$val = 123456789012345678912.512345;

echo (int)$val; //-5670419503621177344
echo round($val, 0);//1.2345678901235E+20
echo ceil($val); //1.2345678901235E+20