Re: Size of integer

Andrey Hristov wrote:

Lester Caine wrote:

An interesting little question has popped up. How big is an integer? Firebird uses BIGINT or INT_64 for generator values, and the new ibase_gen_id in PHP5 returns that value as an integer. Has any thought been given to managing 64bit field values in PHP5?

AFAIK ext/mysqli returns string in case the int value is too big to fit into 32 bits. After that it's up to the user to decide what to do -> cast to float or use bcmath .

That will probably work for returning field values in a result set, the particular problem I am looking at is a function that is defined as returning an integer, but which could potentially contain a 64 bit value. Is any work being done on handling THAT potential time bomb? -- Lester Caine ----------------------------- L.S.Caine Electronic Services