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Caution: This documentation is for eZ Publish legacy, from version 3.x to 5.x.

  • Rounding auto prices

    The price rounding process is affected by settings which are specified in the "[MathSettings]" section of the "settings/shop.ini" configuration file such as:

    • RoundingPrecision
    • RoundingType
    • RoundingTarget

    You can specify your own price rounding criteria for auto prices calculation by creating an override for this configuration file.

    RoundingPrecision

    This setting specifies how many significant digits after the decimal point should be kept while rounding. By default, the precision is set to 2. Normally, there is no need to set for example "RoundingPrecision=3" because only two decimal digits are stored in the database for each price.

    RoundingType

    This setting defines which rounding method should be used. The possible values are described in the following table.

    Setting

    Description

    Actual value

    Rounded value

    RoundingType=round

    returns the closest value

    0.124

    0.12

    RoundingType=round

    returns the closest value

    0.125

    0.13

    RoundingType=ceil

    returns the next highest value by rounding up

    0.121

    0.13

    RoundingType=floor

    returns the next lowest value by rounding down

    0.129

    0.12

    RoundingType=none

    rounding is not used

    1/3

    *0.333333...

    * as long as only two decimal digits are stored in the database for each price, the result will be 0.33

    Please note that the examples above are calculated supposing that RoundingPrecision is set to 2.

    The default value of the "RoundingType" setting is "round".

    RoundingTarget

    This setting allows you to force rounding to the specified target. For example, if you prefer "retail" prices like $2.49 instead of $2.50, you can instruct the system to use 9 as the end digit for all your auto prices.

    The default value of the "RoundingTarget" is "false".

    Please refer to the following table for examples of usage.

    Setting

    Actual value

    Rounded value

    RoundingTarget=false

    89.468543

    89.47

    RoundingTarget=5

    89.468543

    89.45

    RoundingTarget=99

    89.468543

    89.99

    Please note that the examples above are calculated supposing that RoundingPrecision is set to 2 and RoundingType is set to "round".

    Don't forget to update auto prices for existing products after changing the rounding settings.

    Svitlana Shatokhina (05/05/2006 12:08 pm)

    Svitlana Shatokhina (06/05/2006 12:39 pm)


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