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Bug #49214 Print floating
Submitted: 2009-08-10 20:49 UTC Modified: 2009-08-11 09:08 UTC
From: leeja120 at gmail dot com Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Output Control
PHP Version: 5.2SVN-2009-08-10 (snap) OS: windows xp
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2009-08-10 20:49 UTC] leeja120 at gmail dot com
Description:
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Print floating

Reproduce code:
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<?PHP

echo 946744073709551614;

?>

Expected result:
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946744073709551614

Actual result:
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946744073709550000

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 [2009-08-11 07:05 UTC] sjoerd-php at linuxonly dot nl
Thank you for your report.

The behavior you describe, although it is somewhat strange, is not a bug. It is documented:

"If PHP encounters a number beyond the bounds of the integer  type, it will be interpreted as a float instead."

"The size of a float is platform-dependent, although a maximum of ~1.8e308 with a precision of roughly 14 decimal digits is a common value (the 64 bit IEEE format)."
 [2009-08-11 09:08 UTC] derick@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.

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