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Bug #53397 Modulo is not accurate with double
Submitted: 2010-11-24 15:12 UTC Modified: 2013-08-06 08:28 UTC
Votes:2
Avg. Score:3.0 ± 0.0
Reproduced:0 of 0 (0.0%)
From: mryaggi at hotmail dot com Assigned:
Status: Verified Package: Scripting Engine problem
PHP Version: Irrelevant OS: All
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2010-11-24 15:12 UTC] mryaggi at hotmail dot com 
Description:
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In C++ :
1290594600000 % 86400000 = 37800000 //correct
But In PHP :
1290594600000 % 86400000 = 30811200 //wrong

However, in PHP : 
1290594600000 - (floor(1290594600000/86400000)*86400000) = 37800000 //correct!

Can modulo opertor be implemented this way when left value > PHP_INT_MAX ?

See Patch in attachement

Test script:
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echo 1290594600000 % 86400000;
echo "\n";
echo 1290594600000 - (floor(1290594600000/86400000)*86400000);

Expected result:
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37800000
37800000

Actual result:
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30811200
37800000

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ModuloForDouble (last revision 2010-11-24 14:13 UTC by mryaggi at hotmail dot com)

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 [2013-08-06 08:28 UTC] yohgaki@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Verified -Package: Variables related +Package: Scripting Engine problem
 [2013-08-06 08:28 UTC] yohgaki@php.net 
Test with 5.5.1 32bit. This issue exists still.
 [2013-09-18 21:50 UTC] cmbecker69 at gmx dot de 
The operation a - (floor(a/b)*b) gives not the modulo, but the 
remainder.  Furthermore it seems the suggested patch does neither 
cater for large divisors nor large results.

It *might* be reasonable to stick with the current implementation,
and to state clearly in the documentation[1] that the modulus operator
gives correct results only for integers in the range
[-PHP_INT_MAX - 1, PHP_INT_MAX].  The current wording is somewhat
misleading, IMHO.

[1] <http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.operators.arithmetic.php>
 
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