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Bug #75254 json_encode float
Submitted: 2017-09-25 13:11 UTC Modified: 2017-09-25 13:55 UTC
From: 845861050 at qq dot com Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: *General Issues
PHP Version: 7.1.9 OS: centos 6.5
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2017-09-25 13:11 UTC] 845861050 at qq dot com
Description:
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<?php
$a=1.2;
$b=1;
$c=$a-$b;
echo json_encode($c);
?>
php.ini : serialize_precision =-1
sometimes it echo 0.2 ; sometimes it echo 0.1999999999999996

Test script:
---------------
<?php
$a=1.2;
$b=1;
$c=$a-$b;
echo json_encode($c);
?>
php.ini : serialize_precision =-1
sometimes it echo 0.2 ; sometimes it echo 0.1999999999999996

Expected result:
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sometimes it echo 0.2 ; sometimes it echo 0.1999999999999996

Actual result:
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json_encode float error

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 [2017-09-25 13:55 UTC] requinix@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Not a bug
 [2017-09-25 13:55 UTC] requinix@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.

Then don't set serialize_precision = -1.
 
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