Ok, I understand. But what can I do if I want to print big numbers like 123
billion? (but real numbers, not those written with the "E" letter in them?
Is this possible with PHP or I need to do it with another language?
Thank you.
Teddy
From: "M. Sokolewicz" <tularis@xxxxxxx>
Octavian Rasnita wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I have tried the following script:
>
> $val = 10000000000;
> if (is_int($val)) {
> echo $val;
> }
> else {
> echo "$val is not an integer\n";
> }
>
> The answer is:
>
> 10000000000 is not an integer.
>
> Why does this happen? I use PHP 5.
>
> Isn't PHP able to work with values like 10 billion?
>
> Do I need to use a certain special class for dealing with big numbers? How
> can I use that class?
>
> Thank you.
>
> Teddy
reply it's treated as a double since integers have a max value of (-2e32
+1 up to) 2e32-1, which is 4,294,967,296 (4 billion and some). However,
you shouldn't really see any difference in working, it's just treated as
a double inside (a double float, that is). Which means it'll be
written like 1.0e10 internally
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