AW: [PHP] PHP4 cuts floats down to ints...

i had a similar problem with 4.0.2 running on NT i just put a lot more brackets(?) in there <?PHP echo ((1.5) * (8.7) / (4.5)); ?> that worked for me..... sebastian > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: Sascha Dahl [mailto:sdahl@besteshop.de] > Gesendet am: Montag, 9. Oktober 2000 15:16 > An: php-general@lists.php.net > Betreff: [PHP] PHP4 cuts floats down to ints... > > Hi everybody! > > We´re encountering strange problems when using PHP´s _basic_ > math functions. > It seems that PHP cuts every number to an integer, no matter > what type it > used to be. For example if we execute > > <?PHP echo (1.5 * 8.7 / 4.5); ?> > > the result is 2. Just if the interpreter calculated 1*8/4. > > This "error" doesn´t appear on our local environment where we > use PHP3, but > it occurs on our WebServer running PHP4. It doesn´t matter if > we use native > float numbers like in the example above or define strings > like "1.9985". In > the last case the string has the correct value. At the point > the calculation > is performed the number is cut down to 1. > > We believe that there is some wrong configuration option in > our php.ini but > can´t figure out what it may be. Maybe anyone can help us. > > Thanks in advance, > > Sascha Dahl > > bestEshop.de AG > TechnologieZentrum > Friedrich-Ebert-Str. > 51429 Bergisch Gladbach > e-mail: sdahl@besteshop.de > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: > php-list-admin@lists.php.net >