Hi, Check http://nl3.php.net/manual/en/function.bindec.php Probably you have a 32-bit CPU. See the link why that's a problem. Loran On Thu, 20 Oct 2011 11:08:52 -0400, michaelalaimo@xxxxxxxxx (Mike Alaimo) wrote: >Hello, > >I have two binary numbers which are quite long. 128 bits to be exact. > >When converting the two items to decimal i get the same result. The >binary numbers are quite different, so I am not getting the expected >results. > >Here is my code: > >$b1 = '00100000000000010000110110111000100001011010001100000000000000001111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111'; >$b2 = '00100000000000010000110110111000100001011010001100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000'; > >$dec1 = bindec($b1); >$dec2 = bindec($b2); > >echo $dec1."\n"; >echo $dec2; > >I get 4.2540766452641E+37 for both $dec1 and $dec2. > >What can I do to resolve the problem? > >Mike -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
