Removing all decimals in PHP

Question

get this from my database:

252.587254564

Well i wanna remove the .587254564 and keep the 252, how can i do that?

Answer 1

you can use echo (int) 252.587254564;

Answer 2

In MySQL you can use:

select floor(field)

or in PHP you can use:

floor($value);

Answer 3

You can do it in PHP:

round($val, 0);

or in your MYSQL statement:

select round(foo_value, 0) value from foo

Answer 4

You can just cast it to an int:

$new = (int)$old;