#38041 [Opn->Bgs]: PHP should support 64 bit long integers

ID: 38041 Updated by: tony2001@php.net Reported By: shailesh_bavadekar at yahoo dot com -Status: Open +Status: Bogus Bug Type: Feature/Change Request PHP Version: 6* New Comment: Duplicate of FR #33933. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2006-07-18 14:31:40] derick@php.net This is planned for PHP 6: http://www.php.net/~derick/meeting-notes.html#add-a-64bit-integer ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2006-07-08 21:12:03] shailesh_bavadekar at yahoo dot com Description: ------------ PHP should support 64 bit long data type. Currently there are two choices for integer arithmetic - * 32 bit signed integer and * 64 bit float. In some cases the translation between these types is handled automatically but the behavior is not consistent. e.g. integers operands are automatically converted to float, but integers represented as strings are not. The main problem is - even if integers are seamlessly converted to float, that only extends the range to 2^53. So there is really no way to handle integer values between 2^53 and 2^64. gmp extension is an option of course, but it is cumbersome to use. The lack of 64 bit long support causes incorrect behavior elsewhere in the language - e.g. PHP SOAP extension cannot accurately translate xsd:long data type to PHP. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=38041&edit=1