note 95542 added to function.number-format

Found a VERY interesting usage for the number format system. If the function microtime(TRUE) is called, i.e. return unix timestamp with the microseconds, you get 2 to 4 places after the decimal place for some weird reason. You'd think that you'd get all of them. You can recover all the decimal places two ways: (1) $reversedMantissaStringWithSpaceAsSeparator = microtime(); $mantissaAndRootInArray = explode( " ", $reversedMantissaStringWithSpaceAsSeparator ); $timestampWithMostOrAllDecimalPlaces = ( $mantissaAndRootInArray[1] . $mantissaAndRootInArray[0] ); echo $timestampWithMostOrAllDecimalPlaces; or by using number_format, which I think returns a LOT MORE PLACES for some reason: (2) echo number_format( microtime(TRUE), 100)."<br>"; //note I get 22 places after the decimal, even MORE than the string version shows. I have NOOOOOOO idea how accurate that is LOL! Or what's going on either. Just interesting. ---- Server IP: 69.147.83.197 Probable Submitter: 68.183.235.54 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.number-format.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/95542 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/95542/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/95542/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/95542/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/95542/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/95542/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/95542/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/95542 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/95542 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php