Req #80484 [Com]: json_encode() without converting string to float

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=80484&edit=1 ID: 80484 Comment by: antonino dot spampinato86 at gmail dot com Reported by: teflontelefon at gmail dot com Summary: json_encode() without converting string to float Status: Open Type: Feature/Change Request Package: JSON related Operating System: Linux PHP Version: Irrelevant Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: json numeric check checks if it is a numeric sequence, php for double or float uses scientific notation when they are too small or too large. Scientific notation was created for human readable reading but in some circumstances you may have 16 or 14 digits before the exponent E. And if you want to use values ​​outside this context use math libraries not native php computation. This 1.0e-8 is 0.00000001 Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2020-12-04 12:31:03] cmb@php.net I don't see how this behavior would be a bug. You explicitly specified the JSON_NUMERIC_CHECK flag, and the result is valid JSON. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2020-12-04 10:25:58] teflontelefon at gmail dot com Description: ------------ json_encode() with JSON_NUMERIC_CHECK needs a way to encode strings as numbers WITHOUT converting them to float first. You just can't use money types and pass them with the built in json_encode() feature. I've looked all over and there is no solution except to create my own json_encode() which will bear performance issues compared to the built-in method. Test script: --------------- echo json_encode(['x'=>'0.00000001'], JSON_NUMERIC_CHECK)."\n"; Expected result: ---------------- {"x":0.00000001} Actual result: -------------- {"x":1.0e-8} ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=80484&edit=1