Posted by "Brian P. O'Donnell" on 09/07/05 18:31

""Gustav Wiberg"" <gustav@varupiraten.se> wrote in message
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> From: "Shaw, Chris - Accenture" <cshaw@revenue.ie>
> To: "Gustav Wiberg" <gustav@varupiraten.se>; "PHP General"
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> Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2005 5:03 PM
> Subject: RE: [PHP] Integer - boundary?
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Gustav Wiberg [mailto:gustav@varupiraten.se]
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> > Hi there!
> >
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> > What is the boundary for an integer?
> >
>
> > seems to be a easy question, but I can't find it...
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> > /G
> > http://www.varupiraten.se/
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> According to the manual,
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> "The size of an integer is platform-dependent, although a maximum value of
> about two billion is the usual value (that's 32 bits signed). PHP does not
> support unsigned integers."
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> Hi there!
>
> Thanx!
>
> Hm... I would rephrase my question.. Is it possible to get the maximum
> integer-value that can be used?
>
Hi

Try this code to see what it is on your platform:

Brian

<?

// start with some number you are sure is an integer
// make it a really high number to lessen the execution time
$i = 2100000000;

// if you want to do it on the first try, allow it to run until finished
// it will almost certainly take more than 30 seconds
set_time_limit(0);

while(is_int($i))
{
$i++;
}

// then you have the first number that doesn't qualify as int (on your
platform)
print($i)

?>

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