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Bug #54730 comparison float
Submitted: 2011-05-13 20:01 UTC Modified: 2011-05-14 02:49 UTC
From: dancho at hahpss dot com Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Math related
PHP Version: 5.3.6 OS: Linux
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2011-05-13 20:01 UTC] dancho at hahpss dot com 
Description:
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Test script:
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<?php
	$v=2.06667;
	echo var_dump($v*100000)."\n";
	echo var_dump(round($v*100000,0));
	echo "\nIs equal ? "; 
	echo  ($v*100000==round($v*100000,0)) ? "true" : "false";
 ?>


Expected result:
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float(206667)

float(206667)

Is equal ? true

Actual result:
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float(206667)

float(206667)

Is equal ? false

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 [2011-05-14 02:49 UTC] rasmus@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Bogus
 [2011-05-14 02:49 UTC] rasmus@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://www.floating-point-gui.de/

Thank you for your interest in PHP.

Try adding ini_set('precision',32); to the top of your test script and it should 
be clear why these are not equal.
 
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