> When assigning the value -2147483648 to a variable, the variable becomes a double, >even though the value is within the range of integers. In fact, assigning -2147483647 >- 1 works, as does using intval("-2147483648"). > > The following script demonstrates, and can be accessed at ><http://www.randomsample.org/tests/test-int-min.php>. > > <?php > $int_max = 2147483647; > $int_min = -2147483648; > $int_min_alt = -2147483647 - 1; 2^31 = 2147483647 If I m not wrong, php code integer on 32bits, 1 bit for the sign, interval will be -2147483647 (2^31). As the docs say, double will be used for larger integer values.
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