How can a PHP developer round a number up to the nearest whole number?

To round a number up to the nearest whole number in PHP, you can use the ceil() function. This function returns the next highest integer value by rounding up the given number. Simply pass the number you want to round up as an argument to the ceil() function.

$number = 5.7;
$roundedNumber = ceil($number);
echo $roundedNumber; // Output: 6