Thanks. I've reworked the code and came up w/this:

//$p is returned from a db like this 10.00
$np = number_format((intval($p) - (intval(date("j")) / 10)), 2);
echo $np; //returns 9.60 (for today)

I cannot figure out either how or why I would use round().
Can you provide an example ?
Thanks.

"Alvaro G. Vicario" <kAlvaroNOSPAMTHANKS@terra.es> wrote in message
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> *** StinkFinger escribió/wrote (Sat, 4 Sep 2004 12:52:20 -0800):
>> $p = explode(".", $price); // $price is returned from the db in this
>> format
>> 10.00
>
> If you want to truncate the price just use (int)$price in your formula. I
> just wonder why you don't round().
>
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