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Bug #51478 Unexpected result for tan(M_PI_2)
Submitted: 2010-04-05 14:49 UTC Modified: 2010-04-05 16:05 UTC
From: rik dot veenboer at gmail dot com Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Math related
PHP Version: 5.3.2 OS: Windows 7
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2010-04-05 14:49 UTC] rik dot veenboer at gmail dot com 
Description:
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When running the code, the return value is a float: 1.6331239353195E+16, while a value of 1 is expected. This was posted before as bug #31236, but not fixed since 2004.

Test script:
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tan(M_PI_2)

Expected result:
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1

Actual result:
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1.6331239353195E+16

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 [2010-04-05 15:46 UTC] pajoye@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Bogus
 [2010-04-05 15:46 UTC] pajoye@php.net 
Please read again the tangent properties (and PI).
 [2010-04-05 16:05 UTC] rik dot veenboer at gmail dot com 
I confused the sin() and the tan() functions. Now is see that tan(M_PI_2) should go to infinity. This bug can be removed.
 
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