Bug #81410 [NEW]: floatval() add extra precision to certain numbers

From: mrpramodjodhani at gmail dot com Operating system: MacOC Catalina PHP version: 8.0Git-2021-09-03 (Git) Package: *General Issues Bug Type: Bug Bug description:floatval() add extra precision to certain numbers Description: ------------ $num = floatval( 45.34 ); var_dump( $num ); The output of the above script is float(45.340000000000003) The same problem happens when I use (float) type convertor. $num = (float) 45.34; var_dump( $num ); Test script: --------------- $num = floatval( 45.34 ); var_dump( $num ); Expected result: ---------------- float(45.34) Actual result: -------------- float(45.340000000000003) -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=81410&edit=1 -- Fix committed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=81410&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=81410&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=81410&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=81410&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=81410&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=81410&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=81410&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=81410&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=81410&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=81410&r=globals PHP version support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=81410&r=phptooold Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=81410&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=81410&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=81410&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=81410&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=81410&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=81410&r=mysqlcfg