PHP: Error with bigint number

Question

I've got a strange error. See the code

    $val1 = pow(2, 64);
    $val2 = $val1 - 1;
    echo number_format($val1, 0, '', '') . "<br/>";
    echo number_format($val2, 0, '', '') . "<br/>";

and it`s output

18446744073709551616
18446744073709551616

Why $val2 has value 18446744073709551616 when it must be 18446744073709551615?

Related: [PHP Math Precision](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3726721/php-math-precision). — Álvaro González, Jul 06 '14 at 08:40

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 06 '14 at 08:36

It's because $val1 became float and floating precision isn't that high. Look at Float precision Just look at example from manual floor((0.1+0.7)*10) should be rather 8 but on my PC it also return 7 (as in manual)

If you want to use such big numbers you should probably use dedicated PHP libraries or BCMath

PHP: Error with bigint number

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