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I have done a deep reserach on this topic. But nothing is clear about this question. Can anyone help me out with this. http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.types.float.php Nothing is properly described this link prperly.
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The is_float() function checks whether a variable is of type float or not. This function returns true (1) if the variable is of type float, otherwise it returns false.
PHP Floats A float is a number with a decimal point or a number in exponential form. 2.0, 256.4, 10.358, 7.64E+5, 5.56E-5 are all floats. The float data type can commonly store a value up to 1.7976931348623E+308 (platform dependent), and have a maximum precision of 14 digits.
To convert string to float using PHP built-in function, floatval(), provide the string as argument to the function. The function will return the float value corresponding to the string content. $float_value = floatval( $string );
The size of an integer is platform-dependent, although a maximum value of about two billion is the usual value (that's 32 bits signed). 64-bit platforms usually have a maximum value of about 9E18. PHP does not support unsigned integers. Integer size can be determined using the constant PHP_INT_SIZE, and maximum value using the constant PHP_INT_MAX since PHP 4.4.0 and PHP 5.0.5.
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If the float is beyond the boundaries of integer (usually +/- 2.15e+9 = 2^31 on 32-bit platforms and +/- 9.22e+18 = 2^63 on 64-bit platforms), the result is undefined, since the float doesn't have enough precision to give an exact integer result. No warning, not even a notice will be issued when this happens!
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PHP is dynamically typed and will often convert implicitly between strings and floating-point numbers (which are platform-dependant, but typically IEEE 64 bit values). To force a value to floating-point, evaluate it in a numerical context:
$foo = 0 + "10.5";
But if you are looking to play around with floats and precisions you need to use the GMP functions.
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Values stores inside https://github.com/php/php-src/blob/master/Zend/zend.h#L322
For float use double type. Size of float and double.
So, php support 64-bit ieee float.
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