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Bug #38746 number_format() returns 'inf' for too large numbers
Submitted: 2006-09-08 00:26 UTC Modified: 2006-09-08 13:14 UTC
From: carlsagan43 at antidom dot com Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Math related
PHP Version: 5.1.6 OS: Windows XP
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2006-09-08 00:26 UTC] carlsagan43 at antidom dot com 
Description:
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This isnt directly something wrong, but it does need to be addressed:

When working with large numbers in BCmath, the need to output the number comes about.  When trying to use the function number_format(), it returns 'inf'.  This function should be changed to also accept strings that are composed or digits.  

Reproduce code:
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<?php

echo number_format(bcpow('1000', '1000'));

?>

Expected result:
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10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000


(with commas) 

Actual result:
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inf

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 [2006-09-08 09:19 UTC] tony2001@php.net 
This is expected result, only bcmath and gmp functions can work with such numbers.
 [2006-09-08 13:14 UTC] carlsagan43 at antidom dot com 
NO, this isnt bogus, It should be able to accept string input in the first argument.
 
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