Bug #80170 [Nab]: incorrect floating
Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=80170&edit=1
ID: 80170
Updated by: nikic@php.net
Reported by: wapinet at mail dot ru
Summary: incorrect floating
Status: Not a bug
Type: Bug
Package: Math related
PHP Version: 8.0.0beta4
Block user comment: N
Private report: N
New Comment:
@wapinet at mail dot ru: Could you please clarify what the bug here is supposed to be? You are right
that 24.99 is the more useful representation for end-users ... and they will still get it, because
that's the formatting you'll see if you cast the number to string, print it with
"echo" etc. This change only affects the output of var_dump(), which is a debugging
function, where it is important to see the exact result.
Previous Comments:
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[2020-10-01 21:03:46] wapinet at mail dot ru
i think it mentions to this note https://github.com/php/php-src/blob/php-8.0.0rc1/UPGRADING#L565
and in real life we actually have usually string "24.99" - https://3v4l.org/44JT1
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[2020-10-01 18:41:19] girgias@php.net
Floating point values have a limited precision. Hence a value might
not have the same string representation after any processing. That also
includes writing a floating point value in your script and directly
printing it without any mathematical operations.
If you would like to know more about "floats" and what IEEE
754 is, read this:
http://www.floating-point-gui.de/
Thank you for your interest in PHP.
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[2020-10-01 18:12:54] wapinet at mail dot ru
Description:
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https://3v4l.org/X4I7W
Test script:
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<?php
var_dump(34.99 - 10);
// Output for 8.0.0alpha1 - beta4
// float(24.990000000000002)
// Output for 7.2.0 - 7.2.34, 7.3.0 - 7.3.23, 7.4.0 - 7.4.11
// float(24.99)
Expected result:
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24.99
Actual result:
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24.990000000000002
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