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I found a similar function online and changed it for the better.

You can run this to test the function out.

 

<?php
$number =  trim($_POST['number']);
$denominator =  trim($_POST['denominator']);
if(!isset($_POST['denominator'])){
$denominator = 32;
}
?>

<html>
<body>
<form action="" method="post">
Number: <input type="text" name="number" value="<?php echo $number;?>">
Highest denominator: <select name="denominator"> 
       <option VALUE="<?php echo $denominator; ?>"><?php echo $denominator; ?></option>
       <option VALUE="2"> 2</option>
       <option VALUE="3"> 3</option>
       <option VALUE="4"> 4</option>
       <option VALUE="8"> 8</option>
       <option VALUE="16"> 16</option>
       <option VALUE="24"> 24</option>
       <option VALUE="32"> 32</option>
       <option VALUE="48"> 48</option>
       <option VALUE="64"> 64</option>
       <option VALUE="100"> 100</option>
       <option VALUE="1000"> 1000</option>
   </select>
<input type="submit">
</form>

</body>
</html> 

<?php
function decimalToFraction($number, $max_denom=NULL) {
//is there a number in it?
if(!preg_match('#[0-9]#',$number)){ 
 return $number;
 exit();
} else {

//if is already a fraction, change back to decimal
if(preg_match ('~/~', $number)){
$fraction = array('whole' => 0);
preg_match('/^((?P<whole>\d+)(?=\s))?(\s*)?(?P<numerator>\d+)\/(?P<denominator>\d+)$/', $number, $fraction);
$number = $fraction['whole'] + $fraction['numerator']/$fraction['denominator'];
}
   $whole = floor($number);
   $decimal = $number - $whole;
   $denominators = array(2, 3, 4, 8, 16, 24, 32, 48, 64, 100, 1000);//add or remove highest denominations from array to your liking

   if(!is_null($max_denom) && is_numeric($max_denom)){
   $leastCommonDenom = $max_denom;
   } else {
   $leastCommonDenom = max($denominators);
   }

   $roundedDecimal = round($decimal * $leastCommonDenom) / $leastCommonDenom;
   if($roundedDecimal == 0)
       return $whole;
   if($roundedDecimal == 1)
       return $whole + 1;
   foreach($denominators as $d) {
       if($roundedDecimal * $d == floor($roundedDecimal * $d)) {
           $denom = $d;
           break;
       }
   }
   return ($whole == 0 ? '' : $whole) . " " . ($roundedDecimal * $denom) . "/" . $denom;
}
}


if(isset($_POST['number']) && $number != ''){
$result = decimalToFraction($number, $denominator);

if (preg_match('#[0-9]#',$result)){ 
echo $result;
} else {
echo "$result is not a number.";
}


}else {
echo "Insert a number to convert to a fraction.";
}

?> 

Edited by QuickOldCar
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