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How to tell if number fits evenly?

Posted: Fri May 20, 2005 12:41 pm
by Pineriver
I would like to tell if a number can be divided into 7 evenly, and if true exicute the code.

$number = 7;
or
$number = 14;
or
$number = 21;
and so on...

if($number / 7) ? but always returns true

Posted: Fri May 20, 2005 12:51 pm
by John Cartwright

Code: Select all

if ($number % 7 == 0)
{
//stuff here
}

Posted: Fri May 20, 2005 2:06 pm
by Skara
adding to that...
% is called modulo/modulus.
$a % $b returns the remainder of $a / $b.
e.g. 10 % 4 = 2