php.net |  support |  documentation |  report a bug |  advanced search |  search howto |  statistics |  random bug |  login
Bug #41344 Error returning long values in the headers
Submitted: 2007-05-10 07:07 UTC Modified: 2007-05-10 20:04 UTC
From: zeta2ste2000 at yahoo dot it Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: SOAP related
PHP Version: 5.2.2 OS: HP-UX 11.11
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
Welcome back! If you're the original bug submitter, here's where you can edit the bug or add additional notes.
If you forgot your password, you can retrieve your password here.
Password:
Status:
Package:
Bug Type:
Summary:
From: zeta2ste2000 at yahoo dot it
New email:
PHP Version: OS:

 

 [2007-05-10 07:07 UTC] zeta2ste2000 at yahoo dot it
Description:
------------
When I have to manage a long number in the header, the __soapCall function returns a float number in exponential format. The original sent value can't be retrieved and the returned one is different.

Reproduce code:
---------------
A Java server sends a sessionID in the header with the following value : 339051398236687110
This is the client code :

    $soapclient->__soapCall('beginSession',$parameters, null, null, $header);
    echo $header["sessionID"]; // returns 3.3905139823669E+17 , an  
                               // invalid value for the next call
                               // and with less digits than required
    $strNum = number_format($header["sessionID"], 0, "", "");
    echo $strNum;              // returns the rounded value
                               // 339051398236687050 , that is 
                               // different from the original
                               // 339051398236687110

 

Expected result:
----------------
The header has to contain 339051398236687110

Actual result:
--------------
The header contain 3.3905139823669E+17

Patches

Pull Requests

History

AllCommentsChangesGit/SVN commitsRelated reports
 [2007-05-10 20:04 UTC] tony2001@php.net
Floating point values have a limited precision. Hence a value might 
not have the same string representation after any processing. That also
includes writing a floating point value in your script and directly 
printing it without any mathematical operations.

If you would like to know more about "floats" and what IEEE
754 is read this:
http://docs.sun.com/source/806-3568/ncg_goldberg.html
 
Thank you for your interest in PHP.


 
PHP Copyright © 2001-2025 The PHP Group
All rights reserved.
Last updated: Fri May 09 15:01:27 2025 UTC