note 55369 added to function.number-format

Users should be aware of the following behaviour. I'm not sure if this is a PHP bug, libc bug, or if it's even a bug at all. So I thought I'd make a comment and allow everyone else to make up their own minds. FreeBSD 4.3 PHP 4.3.3 <?php // the comments show the output generated by this script echo "input 8.525 output = ". number_format( 8.525, 2, '.', "") ."\n"; echo "input 8.525 output = ". number_format(8.525, 2, '.', "") ."\n"; // input 8.525 output = 8.53 // input 8.525 output = 8.53 $a = 483.00; $b = 0.175; $c = $a * $b; echo "input \$c = $c type ". gettype($c) ." output = ". number_format( $c, 2, '.', "") ."\n"; // input $c = 84.525 type double output = 84.52 $d = 17.5; $e = ( $a / 100 ) * $d; echo "input \$e = $e type ". gettype($e) ." output = ". number_format( $e, 2, '.', "") ."\n"; // input $e = 84.525 type double output = 84.53 echo "input 63.745 output = ". number_format(63.745, 2, '.', "") ."\n"; echo "input 64.745 output = ". number_format(64.745, 2, '.', "") ."\n"; echo "input 65.745 output = ". number_format(65.745, 2, '.', "") ."\n"; // input 63.745 output = 63.74 // input 64.745 output = 64.75 // input 65.745 output = 65.75 ?> ---- Submitter IP: 85.116.5.111 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.number-format.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+55369 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+55369&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+55369&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+55369&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+55369&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: non-english -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+55369&report=yes&reason=non-english Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+55369&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+55369&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php