Description:
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The least integer value (i.e -2147483648 ) is  being treated as float(-2147483648) by the parser. var_dump(-2147483648) returns float(-2147483648).  A integer value should be treated as float, only if the value is beyond the boundary of the integer type. 
The php documentation explains the same here : http://in.php.net/manual/en/function.intval.php  &  http://in.php.net/manual/en/language.types.integer.php

Remarks:
The Reproduce code confirms that the parser is not handling the Minimum Integer value (i.e, -2147483648) as expected. 

Environment:
Operating System: RHEL 4
Linux Kernel : Linux 2.6.9
PHP Version: PHP 5.2 (Built on Apr 10, 2007 from snaps.php.net)
PHP Configure Setup: ./configure


Reproduce code:
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<?php
$i = -2147483648;
var_dump($i); 

$j = (int)"-2147483648";
var_dump($j); 
?>

Expected result:
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int(-2147483648)
int(-2147483648)

Actual result:
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float(-2147483648)
int(-2147483648)