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greenboxgoolu
greenboxgoolu

Reputation: 139

PHP Times Value by Percentage

How do i *(Times) Percentage ?

$variable = 2 ; 

and i wanted it to times 5.3% , how should i do it ?

$variable * 1.5%; < caused error

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Think a new ways thanks to @Barmar

By Adding new variable s

$percentage = 0.53; $finalprice = $variable + ($variable * $percentage)

Upvotes: 0

Views: 324

Answers (1)

Barmar
Barmar

Reputation: 780714

Convert a percentage to a number by dividing by 100, e.g. 5.3% = 0.053.

Increasing a number by a percentage is the same as multiplying by 1 + percentage/100. So if you want to increase by 5.3%, you multiply by 1.053

$variable *= 1.053;

Upvotes: 1

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