How to parse long value in php?

Question

Need something like intVal() but for bigger numbers, for example: 100001416147426.

Is there a function like this in php? Can't find it.

Answer 1

You should use BC Math, it is designed to numbers of any size with PHP.

The BC Math extensions offers several mathematic functions like:

• bcadd Add two arbitrary precision numbers
• bccomp — Compare two arbitrary precision numbers
• bcsqrt Get the square root of an arbitrary precision number
• ...

On the PHP documentation site there is a small code example by Charles to round a long number!