Re: bigger than 32 bit int (and signed!)

You could buy a 64-bit computer :-) Actually, that's not all in jest -- PHP keeps things simple, and uses the builtin datatypes of C which are hardware-based for your INT size. So if you*had* a 64-bit machine, PHP would be giving you 64-bit integers. I don't think the Developers are going to rush to add a lot of custom code for 64-bit support when they know that in a few years the hardware will do that automatically... But that's just a guess. This would probably better addressed by reading the TODO list to see if 64-bit support is there, and then hanging out on PHP-DEV list and asking around there. (Check the archives first, of course) ----- Original Message ----- From: jeremy brand <jeremy@nirvani.net> Newsgroups: php.general Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2000 3:03 PM Subject: [PHP] bigger than 32 bit int (and signed!) > Are there plans to do double precision numbers in PHP? The reason I > ask is that I use MySQL a lot, and they support INT:32 bits (signed > and not) and also BIGINT: 64 bits (signed and not). > > It would be really nice to have larger number support in PHP. BC math > is a nice hack (but limited to what you can do), but it would be truly > nice to have large and unsigned numbers in PHP. > > <sarcasm> > Doesn't it just make you jealous that MySQL can do it but PHP can't? > </sarcasm> > > Just my $0.05. Let me know if you need more... > > Jeremy > > Jeremy Brand :: Sr. Software Engineer :: 408-245-9058 :: jeremy@nirvani.net > http://www.JeremyBrand.com/Jeremy/Brand/Jeremy_Brand.html for > more > Get your own Free, Private email at http://www.smackdown.com/ > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > "<body>" -- Quoted from Yahoo! homepage, > http://www.yahoo.com > > > -- > 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 >