I think you should compare google results vs something that every install has:
phpinfo +pcre - 357k phpinfo +bcmath - 207k It looks like more that 50% of installs have it. Not great, but it isn't that rare either. -John Campbell On Sat, Dec 26, 2009 at 8:27 PM, Daniel Convissor <dani...@analysisandsolutions.com> wrote: > Hey Ron: > >> I'm looking at using some code that uses the bcmath extension. How >> likely is it that a user is going to have hosting without bcmath in >> their PHP? > > Crude survey via Google... > > phpinfo -bcmath = 4 million hits > phpinfo +bcmath = 200 k hits > > --Dan > > -- > T H E A N A L Y S I S A N D S O L U T I O N S C O M P A N Y > data intensive web and database programming > http://www.AnalysisAndSolutions.com/ > 4015 7th Ave #4, Brooklyn NY 11232 v: 718-854-0335 f: 718-854-0409 > _______________________________________________ > New York PHP Users Group Community Talk Mailing List > http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/talk > > http://www.nyphp.org/Show-Participation > _______________________________________________ New York PHP Users Group Community Talk Mailing List http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/talk http://www.nyphp.org/Show-Participation
