Converting String to int in PHP

Question

    $date = "1346706576967";  // miliseconds
    $newDate = (int) $date;
    echo $newDate;

I am getting "2147483647" as $newDate.

I simply want to convert the variable from String 1346706576967 to int 1346706576967 - how is this possible?

Answer 1

2147483647 is the largest value an integer can hold unfortunately. You could use a float here instead as a float can accurately hold integer values up to 10000000000000