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Bug #64459 Wrong value on casting a float point number into int
Submitted: 2013-03-19 20:18 UTC Modified: 2013-03-19 20:27 UTC
From: marc-bennewitz at arcor dot de Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Scripting Engine problem
PHP Version: master-Git-2013-03-19 (Git) OS: Linux acer-aspire-5680 3.2.0-38-
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2013-03-19 20:18 UTC] marc-bennewitz at arcor dot de
Description:
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On some circumstances it's possible to get a wrong integer value on casting from float.

I can reproduce this bug with the following installations:
php -v
PHP 5.3.10-1ubuntu3.6 with Suhosin-Patch (cli) (built: Mar 11 2013 14:34:31) 
Copyright (c) 1997-2012 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v2.3.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2012 Zend Technologies
    with Xdebug v2.1.0, Copyright (c) 2002-2010, by Derick Rethans

./sapi/cli/php -v
PHP 5.6.0-dev (cli) (built: Mar 17 2013 22:02:54) 
Copyright (c) 1997-2013 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v2.6.0-dev, Copyright (c) 1998-2013 Zend Technologies

Test script:
---------------
// this works
$v = (float) 6;
var_dump($v, (int)$v);

// this is wrong
$v = log(64, 2);
var_dump($v, (int)$v);

Expected result:
----------------
float(6)
int(6)
float(6)
int(6)


Actual result:
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float(6)
int(6)
float(6)
int(5)


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 [2013-03-19 20:27 UTC] aharvey@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Not a bug
 [2013-03-19 20:27 UTC] aharvey@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.


 
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