Bug #51274 [NEW]: Integer overflow does not cast as float

From: Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:15:38 +0000
Subject: Bug #51274 [NEW]: Integer overflow does not cast as float
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Operating system: Linux
PHP version:      5.3.2
Package:          Unknown/Other Function
Bug Type:         Bug
Bug description:Integer overflow does not cast as float

Description:
------------
The manual (http://php.net/manual/pl/language.types.integer.php) includes
the following segment to cover integer overflow:

<?php
$large_number =  2147483647;
var_dump($large_number);
// output: int(2147483647)

$large_number =  2147483648;
var_dump($large_number);
// output: float(2147483648)
?>

However when I try this on my recently upgraded server they are both output
as int(2147483647)

Test script:
---------------
$large_number =  2147483647;
var_dump($large_number);

$large_number =  2147483648;
var_dump($large_number);


Expected result:
----------------
I expect to see;

int(2147483647)
float(2147483648)

As I do on my box running 5.3.1


Actual result:
--------------
int(2147483647)
int(2147483647)


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Try a snapshot (PHP 5.2):            http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51274&r=trysnapshot52
Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3):            http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51274&r=trysnapshot53
Try a snapshot (PHP 6.0):            http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51274&r=trysnapshot60
Fixed in SVN:                        http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51274&r=fixed
Fixed in SVN and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51274&r=needdocs
Fixed in release:                    http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51274&r=alreadyfixed
Need backtrace:                      http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51274&r=needtrace
Need Reproduce Script:               http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51274&r=needscript
Try newer version:                   http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51274&r=oldversion
Not developer issue:                 http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51274&r=support
Expected behavior:                   http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51274&r=notwrong
Not enough info:                     http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51274&r=notenoughinfo
Submitted twice:                     http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51274&r=submittedtwice
register_globals:                    http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51274&r=globals
PHP 4 support discontinued:          http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51274&r=php4
Daylight Savings:                    http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51274&r=dst
IIS Stability:                       http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51274&r=isapi
Install GNU Sed:                     http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51274&r=gnused
Floating point limitations:          http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51274&r=float
No Zend Extensions:                  http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51274&r=nozend
MySQL Configuration Error:           http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51274&r=mysqlcfg



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