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Bug #78408 Floating point rounding error
Submitted: 2019-08-13 08:32 UTC Modified: 2019-08-13 08:35 UTC
From: djurredenboer at gmail dot com Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Math related
PHP Version: 7.3.8 OS: Linux and Mac
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2019-08-13 08:32 UTC] djurredenboer at gmail dot com 
Description:
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If you add up 0.30 and 0.15 it and then cast to integer it will end up in 44 instead of 45

Test script:
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<?php
    
$test = 0.30 + 0.15;    
$test2 = ((int)(100 * $test));

echo $test2;

Expected result:
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45

Actual result:
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44

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 [2019-08-13 08:35 UTC] requinix@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Not a bug
 [2019-08-13 08:35 UTC] requinix@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/

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