PHP - Division: /

Division is a matematical operation, it can be used for integers and real numbers.

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Description

par1 / par2

Used keywords: /

Input

par1 - Any number
par2 - Any number

Output

Result - Real numbers Result of the division is always a real number.

Note: If we want a integer as a result, so let's use the integer division operation or by using some rounding function we can convert the result to an integer.

Examples

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Division the possible of use:

$x = 64 / 8;   // x=8
$y = $x / 0.5;   // y=16
$z = ($x * 2 / $y +5);// z=1.1

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Even one example in what situations we can use the operation division:

(double)$i / 0xab
(double)27 / 3
(2.5 / 2 + 1.25) + 2

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Other pieces of example codes:

50 / $i

You can find it in the following collections: arithmetic operators

Division in another programming language:

Differences to: