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Doc Bug #72567 PHP 7.1 changes in json_encode() wrt. encoding floats undocumented
Submitted: 2016-07-09 10:34 UTC Modified: 2016-07-10 09:30 UTC
From: sjon at hortensius dot net Assigned: cmb (profile)
Status: Closed Package: JSON related
PHP Version: PHP 7.1 OS: 3v4l.org
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2016-07-09 10:34 UTC] sjon at hortensius dot net 
Description:
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Not sure what the correct terminology is for this; but it seems using json_encode with floats will result in 'rounding errors' as illustrated by the script below. This happens since alpha3 as can be seen on https://3v4l.org/q3SU6

Using JSON_NUMERIC_CHECK has no influence as can be seen on the original https://3v4l.org/TvGbe

Test script:
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<?php
echo json_encode(array(0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5, 0.6,));

Expected result:
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[0.1,0.2,0.3,0.4,0.5,0.6]

Actual result:
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[0.100000000000000005551115,0.20000000000000001110223,0.29999999999999998889777,0.40000000000000002220446,0.5,0.59999999999999997779554]

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 [2016-07-09 11:58 UTC] cmb@php.net
-Summary: json_encode results in rounding errors when encoding floats +Summary: PHP 7.1 changes in json_encode() wrt. encoding floats undocumented -Status: Open +Status: Verified -Type: Bug +Type: Documentation Problem -PHP Version: Next Major Version +PHP Version: PHP 7.1 -Assigned To: +Assigned To: cmb
 [2016-07-09 11:58 UTC] cmb@php.net 
json_encode() now uses the ini option serialize_precision instead
of precision when encoding double values. That behavioral change
was a deliberate decision proposed and voted upon in RFC "More
precise float value handling"[1].

Use `ini_set('serialize_precision', 14)` to restore the old
behavior, see <https://3v4l.org/3ZuTQ>.

[1] <https://wiki.php.net/rfc/precise_float_value>
 [2016-07-09 12:20 UTC] cmb@php.net 
Automatic comment from SVN on behalf of cmb
Revision: http://svn.php.net/viewvc/?view=revision&amp;revision=339594
Log: Fix #72567: PHP 7.1 changes in json_encode() wrt. encoding floats undocumented
 [2016-07-09 12:21 UTC] cmb@php.net
-Status: Verified +Status: Closed
 [2016-07-09 12:21 UTC] cmb@php.net 
This bug has been fixed in the documentation's XML sources. Since the
online and downloadable versions of the documentation need some time
to get updated, we would like to ask you to be a bit patient.

Thank you for the report, and for helping us make our documentation better.
 [2016-07-09 15:09 UTC] nikic@php.net 
Instead of changing serialize_precision to 14, it is recommended to leave it at the new default value of -1.
 [2016-07-10 09:30 UTC] sjon at hortensius dot net 
Thanks for the hints. I previously configured serialize_precision=24 (on 3v4l.org) to iron out differences between versions but I'll remove that; making it behave better in 7.1.

It seems to be pretty stable for non-eol versions anyway
 [2020-02-07 06:07 UTC] phpdocbot@php.net 
Automatic comment on behalf of cmb
Revision: http://git.php.net/?p=doc/en.git;a=commit;h=c047c527e660478e8705b64c82b19870fec760c0
Log: Fix #72567: PHP 7.1 changes in json_encode() wrt. encoding floats undocumented
 
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