Loss of significance php round

Question

I have the following code

$suma += round(1*43067.8000,2);

$suma += round(-1*18875.1800,2);

$suma += round(-1*15293.9700,2);

$suma += round(-1*8898.6500,2);

print $suma;

The output is 3.6379788070917E-12

Why the answer is not 0 if the number is rounded before the addition?

Please see - http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3726721/php-math-precision. Round returns a float... — Buggabill, May 13 '13 at 19:13

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered May 13 '13 at 19:12

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Round still returns a float. Because it is a float there might always be very small errors. In this case, this causes your answer to differ from 0.

answered May 13 '13 at 19:12

Patrick Kostjens

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