Bug #81285 [NEW]: Division of floats results strange values

From: rico dot humme at gmail dot com Operating system: Ubuntu PHP version: 8.0.8 Package: Math related Bug Type: Bug Bug description:Division of floats results strange values Description: ------------ I've come across this as trying to find a workaround for fmod() Calculations: 9.6 / 3.2 9.9 / 3.3 Results: Before PHP 8: float(3) float(3) PHP 8+: float(2.9999999999999996) float(3.0000000000000004) Test script: --------------- Test script for testing on multiple versions: https://3v4l.org/9bRl5 Expected result: ---------------- Result should return float(3) on all versions -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=81285&edit=1 -- Fix committed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=81285&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=81285&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=81285&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=81285&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=81285&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=81285&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=81285&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=81285&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=81285&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=81285&r=globals PHP version support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=81285&r=phptooold Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=81285&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=81285&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=81285&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=81285&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=81285&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=81285&r=mysqlcfg