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Posted by kkmigas@gmail.com on 12/26/06 11:57
I've tested the same function in the same hardware configuration and
the only difference is the OS, so it must be the libraries the big
problem is that i don't know witch ones to replace in order to get the
system to solve the way i want.
On Dec 22, 4:42 pm, "David T. Ashley" <d...@e3ft.com> wrote:
> <kkmi...@gmail.com> wrote in messagenews:1166719766.801640.296050@42g2000cwt.googlegroups.com...
>
>
>
> > Can some one explain if this can be fixed using php.ini settings ?
>
> > echo "round 20.545 -".round(20.545,2)."<br>";
> > echo "round 20.555 -".round(20.555,2)."<br>";
> > echo "number_format 20.545 -".number_format(20.545, 2, ',',
> > '.')."<br>";
> > echo "number_format 20.555 -".number_format(20.555, 2, ',',
> > '.')."<br>";
>
> > PHP Version 4.3.0 / FreeBSD
> > round 20.545 -20.55
> > round 20.555 -20.56
> > number_format 20.545 -20,55
> > number_format 20.555 -20,55
>
> > PHP Version 4.4.4 / CENTOS
> > round 20.545 -20.55
> > round 20.555 -20.55
> > number_format 20.545 -20,55
> > number_format 20.555 -20,55
>
> > PHP Version 5.1.4 / Windows NT
> > round 20.545 -20.55
> > round 20.555 -20.56
> > number_format 20.545 -20,55
> > number_format 20.555 -20,56My only observation about the examples you chose is that the fractional
> parts are infinitely repeating "radiximals" in binary.
>
> 0.545 = 545/1000 = 109/200 (irreducible)
> 0.555 = 555/1000 = 111/200 (irreducible)
>
> Both of the numbers above can't be expressed as precise binary floating
> point numbers because the denominator after reduction has prime factors that
> are not "2".
>
> PHP.INI may be a factor, but it may also be that something at a lower level
> is occurring (i.e. machine arithmetic, how certain rounding settings on
> floating-point processors or libraries are set).
>
> In other words, you've chosen antagonistic examples.
>
> Why don't you try 7/8 (0.875), 15/16 (0.9275), or 31/32 (0.96875) as the
> fractional part of the numbers and see if you can get the same behavior.
> I'm guessing that you may not.
>
> Any fraction with a reasonable denomiator (< 2^16) that is a power of 2
> would be a reasonable test case.
>
> Note that these are all exactly representable by a typical machine.
>
> Just a guess.
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