note 34626 added to language.operators.arithmetic

From: Date: Fri, 01 Aug 2003 15:26:19 +0000
Subject: note 34626 added to language.operators.arithmetic
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in response to the test of 'michael at hotmail or so dot com': the solution of function div($a,$b){return ($a-($a % $b))/$b} gives an error with such big numbers because de modulo operator (%) fails and not the calculation as you are suggesting. So if you need to use those kind of numbers you also need to write a new modulo operator anyway. In that case you always want to use the floor method because there simply isn't an alternative. But luckily I think I'll never have to use numbers like that. ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.operators.arithmetic.php Edit Note -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+34626 Delete Note -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+34626&report=yes Reject Note -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+34626&report=yes

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