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Bug #25864 sprintf error
Submitted: 2003-10-14 09:14 UTC Modified: 2003-10-14 10:04 UTC
From: heppevonhambach at web dot de Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Unknown/Other Function
PHP Version: Irrelevant OS: linux
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2003-10-14 09:14 UTC] heppevonhambach at web dot de 
Description:
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looks like sprintf has problems with big numbers 


Reproduce code:
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$n = 1234567890123;
$nL = 17;
$s = sprintf( "%0{$nL}d",$n );


Expected result:
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00001234567890123

Actual result:
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00000001912276171

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 [2003-10-14 10:01 UTC] tony2001 at phpclub dot net 
pay attention:
var_dump($n); will output float(1234567890120).
i.e. your integer were automagically converted to float.
so you need to use:
$s = sprintf( "%0{$nL}.0f",$n );
to get expected result.

look here for more info:
http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.types.integer.php
 [2003-10-14 10:04 UTC] tony2001@php.net 
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