Doc #79530 [NEW]: bcpowmod never returns NULL as stated in doc
| From: | mail at einargangso dot no | Date: | Mon, 27 Apr 2020 17:01:53 +0000 |
| Subject: | Doc #79530 [NEW]: bcpowmod never returns NULL as stated in doc | ||
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Operating system:
PHP version: Irrelevant
Package: Documentation problem
Bug Type: Documentation Problem
Bug description:bcpowmod never returns NULL as stated in doc
Description:
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From manual page: https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.bcpowmod.php
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> Returns the result as a string, or NULL if modulus is 0 or exponent is
negative.
It never returns NULL, but false.
https://3v4l.org/co5Ge
Source:
https://github.com/php/php-src/blob/master/ext/bcmath/bcmath.c#L365
Test script:
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<?php
// modulus is 0
assert(is_bool(bcpowmod('2', '2', '0'))); // bcpowmod -> FALSE
// exponent is negative
assert(is_bool(bcpowmod('2', '-2', '2'))); // bcpowmod -> FALSE
// Output proof
var_dump(false === bcpowmod('2', '2', '0') && false ===
bcpowmod('2',
'2', '0'));
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