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I just want to use array_walk() with ceil() to round all the elements within an array. But it doesn't work.

The code:

$numbs = array(3, 5.5, -10.5); 
array_walk($numbs, "ceil"); 
print_r($numbs);

output should be: 3,6,-10

The error message:

Warning: ceil() expects exactly 1 parameter, 2 given on line 2

output is: 3,5.5,-10.5 (Same as before using ceil())

I also tried with round().

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up vote 5 down vote

Use array_map instead.

$numbs = array(3, 5.5, -10.5);
$numbs = array_map("ceil", $numbs);
print_r($numbs);

array_walk actually passes 2 parameters to the callback, and some built-in functions don't like being called with too many parameters (there's a note about this on the docs page for array_walk). This is just a Warning though, it's not an error.

array_walk also requires that the first parameter of the callback be a reference if you want it to modify the array. So, ceil() was still being called for each element, but since it didn't take the value as a reference, it didn't update the array.

array_map is better for this situation.

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That works fine. Thanks –  Quarter 5 hours ago
    
You're welcome :-) Sometimes one array_* function is better than another, depending on the situation. –  Rocket Hazmat 5 hours ago
up vote 2 down vote

I had the same problem with another PHP function. You can create "your own ceil function". In that case it is very easy to solve:

function myCeil(&$list){  
    $list =  ceil($list);  
}  

$numbs = array(3, 5.5, -10.5);  
array_walk($numbs, "myCeil");  
print_r($numbs);
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That works fine. Awsome code. Thanks –  Quarter 5 hours ago
up vote 1 down vote

That is because array_walk needs function which first parameter is a reference 

function myCeil(&$value){
    $value = ceil($value);
}

$numbs = array(3, 5.5, -10.5); 
array_walk($numbs, "myCeil"); 
print_r($numbs);
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up vote 1 down vote

The reason it doesn't work is because ceil($param) expects only one parameter instead of two.

What you can do: 

$numbs = array(3, 5.5, -10.5); 
array_walk($numbs, function($item) {
    echo ceil($item);
});

If you want to save these values then go ahead and use array_map which returns an array.

Hope this helps,

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Not quite. The warning says "ceil() expects exactly 1 parameter, 2 given". array_walk will call your callback function and pass it 2 parameters ($value and $key). The array wasn't getting updated because array_walk will only do that if the $value parameter is a reference (and its value is updated in the callback). –  Rocket Hazmat 5 hours ago
2  
Rephrased thanks! :) –  flangofas 5 hours ago

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