ID: 13550 Updated by: jeroen Reported By: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Status: Bogus Bug Type: *Programming Data Structures Operating System: Linux 2.2.18 PHP Version: 4.0.6 New Comment:
<quote> This is a real PHP bug that needs to be fixed, because if: [1]echo $double; prints the same as [2]echo round($double); then [3]echo intval($double); should print the same as [4]echo intval(round($double)); </quote> [1] and [2] _print_ the same, but they aren't. It's because of the precision setting in php.ini (14 significant numbers, IIRC) This is inherently to floating point numbers. Simply don't trust them to the last digit. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2001-10-05 16:45:13] [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Basically the bug is that in PHP: > > intval($double)!=intval(round($double)) converting to integer will round DOWN, while rounding first rounds towards the nearst integer. intval($float) and intval(floor($float)) should be the same for nonnegative $float's, but in the case of round that's not true. So not a bug ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2001-10-05 16:40:50] [EMAIL PROTECTED] I don't think you are understanding the problem. Basically the bug is that in PHP: intval($double)!=intval(round($double)) round($double) is still a floating point number. The problem is that currently in PHP the intval() floating point rounding rule is not the same as round() rule. This is a real PHP bug that needs to be fixed, because if: echo $double; prints the same as echo round($double); then echo intval($double); should print the same as echo intval(round($double)); ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2001-10-05 15:56:41] [EMAIL PROTECTED] No, floating point numbers are ALWAYS inprecise, and you shouldn't trust on their exact values. See the warning on http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.types.float.php The problem is that $scaled is 877.99999999999999 or something, and because of the precision setting in php.ini it is printed as 878, but when using (int) cast, or intval(), it will be rounded down (or twowards zero, don't reacall). By the way, pow(int,int) will yield integer values when possible since 4.0.7, which nukes one possible source of floating point problems (unless you use 10.0 of course, but that doesn't make sense in PHP) BTW: this is a FAQ, will add an entry. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2001-10-05 08:35:55] [EMAIL PROTECTED] The bug is real. Try it on the mentioned OS with glibc version mentioned in the report to see it. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2001-10-05 08:30:42] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Except that it doesn't, here and in many other users machines it prints: int(2) float(100) string(4) "8.78" float(8.78) float(878) int(877) int(878) glibc rpm version is 2.2-7. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The remainder of the comments for this report are too long. To view the rest of the comments, please view the bug report online at http://bugs.php.net/?id=13550 Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=13550&edit=1 -- PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
