In what other programming languages is the ceil function commonly used and how does it compare to its implementation in PHP?

The ceil function is commonly used in other programming languages such as Python, JavaScript, and Java to round a number up to the nearest integer. In PHP, the ceil function behaves similarly to its implementations in other languages, rounding a number up to the nearest integer if it has a decimal part.

$number = 10.4;
$rounded_number = ceil($number);
echo $rounded_number; // Output: 11