Patch for round fractions in phpcookbook

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The shopping list page shows decimal amounts instead of fractions. It would be nicer if it rounded decimals to the nearest simple fraction. This code does that to the nearest 1/8th.

Apply the change to modules/lists/print.php

<?php
foreach ($useLayout as $section) {
    // Print the header here if requested
    $html = makeHtmlList($items, $section);
    if (count($html)) {
        // print the header
        printHeader($section);
    }
    //foreach ($html as $line) echo str_replace("<td>","<td>hi ",$line);
    foreach ($html as $line) {
        $fraction = 0;
        if ( preg_match("/\.\d+/",$line,$matches)) {
            $decimal = $matches[0];
            if ( abs($decimal-0.5) < 0.0625) {
              $fraction = " 1/2";
              $diff = abs($decimal-0.5);
            }
            if ( abs($decimal-0.25) < 0.0625) {
              $diff = abs($decimal-0.25);
              $fraction = " 1/4";
            }
            if ( abs($decimal-0.75) < 0.0625) {
              $fraction = " 3/4";
              $diff = abs($decimal-0.75);
            }
            if ( abs($decimal-0.125) < 0.0625) {
              $fraction = " 1/8";
              $diff = abs($decimal-0.125);
            }
            if ( abs($decimal-0.375) < 0.0625) {
              $fraction = " 3/8";
              $diff = abs($decimal-0.375);
            }
            if ( abs($decimal-0.625) < 0.0625) {
              $fraction = " 5/8";
              $diff = abs($decimal-0.625);
            }
            if ( abs($decimal-0.875) < 0.0625) {
              $fraction = " 7/8";
              $diff = abs($decimal-0.875);
            }
            if ( $decimal < 0.0625) {
              $fraction = " a tiny fraction of ";
            }
        }
        if ($fraction) $line = str_replace($decimal, $fraction, $line);
        $line = str_replace("0 ", "", $line);
        echo $line;
    }
}
// Show the lost ingredients (no section matched)