Math operation help

Hello,

I need to do the following math operation in PHP:

(order total x 6.5%) + 4.50

(the order total needs to be multiplied by 1.065 before adding the 4.5)

The order total variable is from a POST: $_POST["price"]

Can any show me the correct syntax?

Thanks!

-Adam

 

I suppose this would work:

<?php

$ordertotal = $_REQUEST['price'];

$total = (($ordertotal * 1.065) + 4.5);

?>

PHP:

Good luck,

Lee.

 

$total = ($_POST["price"] * 1.065) + 4.5;

$total = number_format($total, 2)

PHP:

You really don't need the parenthesis around the multiplication operation since the multiplication operator has greater precedence than the addition operator. But I always use parenthesis anyway. It's up to you.

It could also be:

$total = $_POST["price"] * 1.065 + 4.5;

PHP:

Learn what the number_format function does here: http://us2.php.net/number_format

 

OK, thank you very much. That's what I needed! I forgot that I needed to round it to two decimal places, too. Thanks!

-Adam