ID: 32488 Updated by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reported By: glowack2 at msu dot edu -Status: Open +Status: Bogus Bug Type: *General Issues Operating System: Linux PHP Version: 5.0.3 New Comment:
Floating point values have a limited precision. Hence a value might not have the same string representation after any processing. That also includes writing a floating point value in your script and directly printing it without any mathematical operations. If you would like to know more about "floats" and what IEEE 754 is read this: http://docs.sun.com/source/806-3568/ncg_goldberg.html Thank you for your interest in PHP. . Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2005-03-29 19:23:04] glowack2 at msu dot edu Description: ------------ printf (and sprintf) output incorrect values for certain inputs when using the %d placeholder. For example, printf("%d",10.20*100) outputs "1019", which is clearly not the correct and expected value of "1020". Most of the time, the printed value is correct, but various numbers are off by one. The off-by-one error is tied to specific numbers, and it is repeatable. The off-by-one error also occurs when decimals are multiplied by other powers of 10 (10, 100, 1000), though the numbers that produce errors are not consistent between the different powers This originally occured on a Solaris 5.6 machine running PHP 4.x, and has been reproduced on a Linux machine running PHP 5.0.3. The sample code included generates a table that verifies the output of %d against %s (%s works correctly), green cells for matching output and red cells with more details when the resulting text doesn't match. Reproduce code: --------------- print "<table>"; for($x=0;$x<1000;$x++) { print "<tr>"; for($y=0.1;$y<1;$y=$y+0.1) { // For more errors, replace *100 with *10 or *1000 // in the following two lines: $string = sprintf("%s",($x+$y)*100); $decimal = sprintf("%d",($x+$y)*100); if(strcmp($string,$decimal)==0) { print "<td bgcolor='#ddffdd'>$string</td>"; } else { print "<td bgcolor='#ffdddd'>$string != $decimal</td>"; } } print "</tr>"; } Expected result: ---------------- Every cell *should* be green, because sprintf should always convert numbers accurately. Actual result: -------------- %d and %s output different results for certain decimal numbers. Only some values come out incorrectly, and most are fine. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=32488&edit=1
