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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] PDO::PARAM_DOUBLE
From: php@beccati.com (Matteo Beccati)

Hi,

On 07/12/2016 22:39, Adam Baratz wrote:
> If you want to bind a double to a statement, the accepted approach is to
> bind as a string:
> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2718628/pdoparam-for-type-decimal

For decimal, double wouldn't be the correct type anyway, as it could
cause loss of precision.

> Is there a reason PDO::PARAM_DOUBLE doesn't exist?

I don't know if there's am historical reason. I think it should be
there, but to be honest, I'm not sure it's worth the effort at this point.


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