Calculating Payroll with PHP Function

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MrInternet101 0 Newbie Poster

14 Years Ago

Hello all...New to the group here. Glad to be part of the site as I just found it and am excited about learning!

Have a hopefully easy question for anyone who has the time to assist. Yes, it is for homework, so I hope I don't break any rules here. I just need assistance and it would be greatly appreciated...

I am taking an old script I had to calculate payroll taxes and I would like to turn the calculation loop I am using into its own function, function taxcalc().

After uploading to my server, I am getting errors, starting on line 20 where the first "else" comes in.

<html>
<body>
<head>
<title>taxwagefunction.php[</title>
</head>
<?php
    $hours = $_POST['enter_hours'];
    $payrate = $_POST['enter_RPay'];
    $name = $_POST['enter_name'];

    function taxcalc() {

    if ($hours > 40) 
        $gross = $payrate * 40;
        $ot = ($hours - 40) * ($payrate * 1.5);
        $TotGross = $gross + $ot;

     {

    else 
        $gross = $payrate * $hours;
    }

    if ($gross <= 850) {
        $tax = $gross * .15;
    }
    else if ($gross > 850 && $gross <=2060) {
        $tax = $gross * .28;
    }
    else if ($gross > 2060 && $gross <= 3900) {
        $tax = $gross * .32;
    }
    else {
        $tax = $gross * .40;
    }

    $net = $gross - $tax;

    echo "<p>";
    echo $name, " worked ", $hours, " hours, and earned $", $TotGross, ". <br />";
    echo $name, " was taxed $", $tax, " for a net pay total of $", $net, ".";
    echo "</p>";
?>
</body>

</html>

My question is, how do I group the whole If/else statement as it's own function? Do I have the brackets in the wrong place or am I so far off I should scrap it and start over?

Thank you for your assistance and time.

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Edited 11 Years Ago by Reverend Jim because: Fixed formatting

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diafol

14 Years Ago

wanna do that again with code tags?

Fram 15 Newbie Poster

5 Years Ago

hi brothers, am just new here.
i am now learning how to code, is there anyway you guys can help me develop a school management system with ,
staff payroll and payslip? please.

Edited 5 Years Ago by Fram

rproffitt commented: In a 9 year old discussion? No. Create your new discussion with links to your current work (on some Github or such.) Burying here won't bear fruit. +15

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In a 9 year old discussion? No. Create your new discussion with links to your current work (on some Github or such.) Burying here won't bear fruit.

MrInternet101 0 Newbie Poster · Answer 1 · 2010-03-28T03:39:00+00:00

My apologies. I hope this worked correctly.

<html>
<body>
<head>
<title>taxwagefunction.php[</title>
</head>
<?php
$hours = $_POST['enter_hours'];
$payrate = $_POST['enter_RPay'];
$name = $_POST['enter_name'];

function taxcalc() {

if ($hours > 40) 
$gross = $payrate * 40;
$ot = ($hours - 40) * ($payrate * 1.5);
$TotGross = $gross + $ot;

{

else 
$gross = $payrate * $hours;
}

if ($gross <= 850) {
$tax = $gross * .15;
}
else if ($gross > 850 && $gross <=2060) {
$tax = $gross * .28;
}
else if ($gross > 2060 && $gross <= 3900) {
$tax = $gross * .32;
}
else {
$tax = $gross * .40;
}

$net = $gross - $tax;

echo "<p>";
echo $name, " worked ", $hours, " hours, and earned $", $TotGross, ". <br />";
echo $name, " was taxed $", $tax, " for a net pay total of $", $net, ".";
echo "</p>";
?>
</body>
</html>

piers 8 Junior Poster in Training · Answer 2 · 2010-03-28T04:22:59+00:00

My apologies. I hope this worked correctly.

<html>
<body>
<head>
<title>taxwagefunction.php[</title>
</head>
<?php
$hours = $_POST['enter_hours'];
$payrate = $_POST['enter_RPay'];
$name = $_POST['enter_name'];

function taxcalc() {

if ($hours > 40) 
$gross = $payrate * 40;
$ot = ($hours - 40) * ($payrate * 1.5);
$TotGross = $gross + $ot;

{

[B]else [U]{[/U]
$gross = $payrate * $hours;
}[/B]

if ($gross <= 850) {
$tax = $gross * .15;
}
else if ($gross > 850 && $gross <=2060) {
$tax = $gross * .28;
}
else if ($gross > 2060 && $gross <= 3900) {
$tax = $gross * .32;
}
else {
$tax = $gross * .40;
}

$net = $gross - $tax;

echo "<p>";
echo $name, " worked ", $hours, " hours, and earned $", $TotGross, ". <br />";
echo $name, " was taxed $", $tax, " for a net pay total of $", $net, ".";
echo "</p>";
?>
</body>
</html>

on the else I think you have missed a bracket. I have bolded it and put in the extra bracket and I have underlined the extra bracket.

MrInternet101 0 Newbie Poster · Answer 3 · 2010-03-28T06:28:56+00:00

I appreciate the reply. For some reason it still doesn't like something in the code. Is it my loop structure by chance? I have else, else if, if- I just wonder if I should keep it all elses or all else ifs?

diafol · Answer 4 · 2010-03-28T07:14:16+00:00

I don't know where you call the function. Also the function doesn't return anything. I can't see where it ends either. Your braces look a little messed up. Without proper indenting, your code is pretty unreadable. Sorry.