For reference, the PHP_INT_MAX on my 64-bit linux VM is: 9223372036854775807
and using json_decode on the next_cursor field of an ids list works just fine. I'm using PHP 5.2.10-0.dotdeb.1 (though PHP 5.2.11-0.dotdeb.1 is available) fwiw, -Chad On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 3:29 PM, Dewald Pretorius <dpr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > That magical maximum number appears to be 1000000000000 (1.0E+12). > > So, for tweet ids we still have a bit of breathing space. > > Dewald > > On Sep 24, 4:18 pm, Dewald Pretorius <dpr...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Clearly PHP_INT_MAX plays no role in json_decode. >> >> There must be some other mystical maximum number above which it >> represents the number as float in the decoded data. >> >> Dewald >