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A little help with my script would we appreciated. - Tasemu - 10-09-2009
Hey im making a script that calculates compound interest and everything should be working fine but when i run the script the answer is incorrect, i know the math is not wrong. Possibly the $I is automatically rounding off to a whole number (it is usually a decimal).
Anyway any help or tips would be appreciated.
Code:
<?php
/* This is the amount of money.
$P = $_POST["element_1"];
/* This is the % of interest (e.g. 18% is 0.18).
$I = $_POST["element_2"];
/* This is the time range.
$T = $_POST["element_3"];
/* This is to tell of any rests (e.g. monthly = 12, weekly = 52 and none = 1)
$K = $_POST["element_4"];
/* This is for the function below, its just T times K.
$N = $T*$K;
/* Heres the main function to find the compound interest.
$A = $P*(1+($I/$K))^$N;
print "Compound Interest is $A";
?>Peace,
iPhish.
RE: A little help with my script would we appreciated. - Legion - 10-09-2009
The following links should provide you with a solution to your problem.
http://se2.php.net/manual/en/language.types.integer.php
http://se2.php.net/manual/en/function.round.php
Next to that rounding can also be done in this way (example taken from "Recipes a problem solution approach")
PHP Code:
<?php
//Let's say you live in Canada and want to add GST tax to your amount.
$thenumber = 9.99 * 1.07;
//If you simply outputted this, the value would be skewed.
echo "$" . $thenumber . "<br />"; //Outputs $10.6893
//In order to show the value as a dollar amount, you can do this:
echo "$" . sprintf ("%.2f", $thenumber); //Outputs $10.69
?>Using the function round (taken from:"http://php.about.com/od/learnphp/ss/round_num_PHP.htm").
PHP Code:
echo round(3.14159265, 3);
// Value would be 3.142
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