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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Size of integer
From: lester@lsces.co.uk (Lester Caine)

Andrey Hristov wrote:

> Lester Caine wrote:
> 
>> An interesting little question has popped up.
>>
>> How big is an integer?
>>
>> Firebird uses BIGINT or INT_64 for generator values, and the new 
>> ibase_gen_id in PHP5 returns that value as an integer.
>>
>> Has any thought been given to managing 64bit field values in PHP5?
>>

> AFAIK ext/mysqli returns string in case the int value is too big to fit 
> into 32 bits.
> After that it's up to the user to decide what to do -> cast to float or 
> use bcmath .

That will probably work for returning field values in a result set, the 
particular problem I am looking at is a function that is defined as 
returning an integer, but which could potentially contain a 64 bit value.

Is any work being done on handling THAT potential time bomb?

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Lester Caine
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