When working with floats with php/mysql I had problems too... When
summing amounts I had errors so my solution was using decimal (20, 10)
type into mysql for storing amounts and when using sums in php I used bc
functions. This way u get exact calculations (depending on bcscale()
parameter.
Andy
Barry wrote:
Hi List ^_^
PHP 4.2.2
Redhat 7.3
Mysql 3.23.54
Ok here is the problem:
I try to summary float values from my database (mysql) in PHP.
code:
$sql = "SELECT * FROM somwehere WHERE 1";
$result = mysql_query($sql);
while ($assoc = mysql_fetch_assoc($result))
{
//adding values
$sum = $sum + $assoc["floatval"];
}
echo $sum; // echoes an INTEGER VALUE O_o
echoing the mysql value it is float like "123.45"
The type of the mysql value is "string"
setting the type to float doesnt help (settype())
Any ideas?
Greets
Barry
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