CODE EXAMPLE FOR PHP

round off to 0.5 php

function roundDown($number, $nearest){
    return $number - fmod($number, $nearest);
}

var_dump(roundDown(7.778, 0.5));
var_dump(roundDown(7.501, 0.5));
var_dump(roundDown(7.49, 0.5));
var_dump(roundDown(7.1, 0.5));