Req #68456 [NEW]: json_decode should be able to treat all numbers as strings

From: admin at bittylicious dot com Operating system: Linux Wheezy PHP version: 5.4.35 Package: JSON related Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description:json_decode should be able to treat all numbers as strings Description: ------------ There should be an option that can be passed to json_decode that will allow numbers to be handled as strings. This is because some numbers can not be represented in a float properly. In reality, JSON is often used as a transport layer, and it's very useful to keep this accuracy. One example in practice where this has caused issues is when dealing with Dogecoin (a Bitcoin derivative). Dogecoin has eight decimal places, and because each Dogecoin is worth only a tiny fraction of a cent, they can often be represented as tens or hundreds of millions of Dogecoins. When you're dealing with finance, it's essential not to lose precision. The only workaround I have is to use a complicated preg_replace to add quotes to the original JSON string, which is nasty. Test script: --------------- <?php print_r(json_decode('{"test":1234567890.12345678}')); ?> Output: stdClass Object ( [test] => 1234567890.1235 ) -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=68456&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68456&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68456&r=trysnapshot55 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68456&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68456&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68456&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68456&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68456&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68456&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68456&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68456&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68456&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68456&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68456&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68456&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68456&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68456&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68456&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68456&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68456&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68456&r=mysqlcfg