On 3/22/07, Matt Carlson <saryon@swbell.net> wrote:
> When dealing with large numbers inside of php, I know at the int limit, a variable is recast into float.
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> 1). How do you return the true number of the float when it reaches the upper limits of mysql's bigint (9223372036854775807).
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> 2). How do you handle numbers that large, while maintaining precision.
> 3). Is there a php equivalent of unsigned?
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> Thanks all
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Hmm, better have a look at the gmp functions : www.php.net/gmp
if you don't have the gmp math library installed, you might want to
look at the worses alternative bcmath, which is automatically build
into php: www.php.net/bc

Tijnema
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