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# ceil

(PHP 3 <= 3.0.18, PHP 4 >= 4.0.0)

ceil -- Round fractions up

## Description

``float ceil` (float value)`

Returns the next highest integer value by rounding up `value` if necessary. The return value of ceil() is still of type float as the value range of float is usually bigger than that of int.

See also floor() and round().

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