php round to the next whole number

Question

In PHP, I need to round off a number to the next whole number. For example, in my program, I am using the round as below. ``` $val = round(count($names)/15); ``` If count($names) is 1.2, I need it to be rounded off to 2 instead of 1. I tried to do the below approach. ``` $val = round(count($names)/15) + 1; ``` However, in the above approach, if I have count($names) as 1.6, It is getting rounded off to 3 as I increment it by 1. Is there a way where no matter what the decimal value is, it needs to be rounded off to the next whole number?

Accepted Answer

How about using `ceil()`

http://php.net/manual/en/function.ceil.php

Then your code becomes:

```
$val = ceil(count($names)/15);
```

php round to the next whole number

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