[ANNOUNCEMENT] big_int-1.0.1 (stable) Released.
| From: | PECL Announce | Date: | Thu, 17 Mar 2005 18:26:05 +0000 |
| Subject: | [ANNOUNCEMENT] big_int-1.0.1 (stable) Released. | ||
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The new PECL package big_int-1.0.1 (stable) has been released at http://pecl.php.net/.
Release notes
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+ added second parameter to bi_rand() function. See /tests/rand.php for details. Updated
documentation and test scripts.
* /tests/RSA.php script now uses cryptography-stronger 'random generator' than rand() from
standard C library.
* error messages is more clear now.
Package Info
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Functions from this package are useful for number theory applications. For example, in two-keys
cryptography.
See /tests/RSA.php in the package for example of implementation of RSA-like cryptoalgorithm.
The package has many bitset functions, which allow to work with arbitrary length bitsets.
This package is much faster than bundled into PHP BCMath and consists almost all functions, which
implemented in PHP GMP extension, but it needn't any external libraries.
Related Links
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Package home: http://pecl.php.net/package/big_int
Changelog: http://pecl.php.net/package-changelog.php?package=big_int
Download: http://pecl.php.net/get/big_int-1.0.1.tgz
Authors
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Alexander Valyalkin <valyala@gmail.com> (lead)