Ninjakreborn Posted October 13, 2010 Share Posted October 13, 2010 What is the easiest way in PHP to convert pounds into ounces. So 2.3 pounds would = 35 ounces. Is there an easy way to do this type of conversion? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted October 13, 2010 Share Posted October 13, 2010 Yeah, PHP provides built-in support for this kind of thing: math. 1 pound = 16 ounces. $ounces = $pounds * 16; Or create a simple function. function pounds_to_ounces($pounds) { return $pounds * 16; } Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninjakreborn Posted October 13, 2010 Author Share Posted October 13, 2010 Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninjakreborn Posted October 13, 2010 Author Share Posted October 13, 2010 According to my tests, that isn't working. If I do 2.5 (2 and a half pounds) and do 2.5 * 16 it's not calculating out correctly. That is what I had originally thought when I tried the conversion the way that was suggested (using standard math) but the values are off for some reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted October 13, 2010 Share Posted October 13, 2010 How is it off? 2.5 * 16 is 40, and 2.5 pounds is 40 ounces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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