<?php
/*
* The lesson from this example is in the output
* rather than the PHP code itself.
*/
$magnitude_lower = pow(2, (PHP_INT_SIZE * 8) - 2);
p($magnitude_lower - 1);
p($magnitude_lower, 'See the rollover? Watch it next time around...');
p(PHP_INT_MAX, 'PHP_INT_MAX');
p(~PHP_INT_MAX, 'interpreted to be one more than PHP_INT_MAX');
if (PHP_INT_SIZE == 4) {
$note = 'interpreted to be the largest unsigned integer';
} else {
$note = 'interpreted to be the largest unsigned integer
(18446744073709551615) but skewed by float precision';
}
p(-1, $note);
function p($input, $note = '') {
echo "input: $input\n";
$format = '%0' . (PHP_INT_SIZE * 8) . 'b';
$bin = sprintf($format, $input);
echo "binary: $bin\n";
ini_set('precision', 20); // For readability on 64 bit boxes.
$dec = bindec($bin);
echo 'bindec(): ' . $dec . "\n";
if ($note) {
echo "NOTE: $note\n";
}
echo "\n";
}
?>
Output of the above example on 32 bit machines:
input: 1073741823
binary: 00111111111111111111111111111111
bindec(): 1073741823
input: 1073741824
binary: 01000000000000000000000000000000
bindec(): 1073741824
NOTE: See the rollover? Watch it next time around...
input: 2147483647
binary: 01111111111111111111111111111111
bindec(): 2147483647
NOTE: PHP_INT_MAX
input: -2147483648
binary: 10000000000000000000000000000000
bindec(): 2147483648
NOTE: interpreted to be one more than PHP_INT_MAX
input: -1
binary: 11111111111111111111111111111111
bindec(): 4294967295
NOTE: interpreted to be the largest unsigned integer
Output of the above example on 64 bit machines:
input: 4611686018427387903
binary: 0011111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111
bindec(): 4611686018427387903
input: 4611686018427387904
binary: 0100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
bindec(): 4611686018427387904
NOTE: See the rollover? Watch it next time around...
input: 9223372036854775807
binary: 0111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111
bindec(): 9223372036854775807
NOTE: PHP_INT_MAX
input: -9223372036854775808
binary: 1000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
bindec(): 9223372036854775808
NOTE: interpreted to be one more than PHP_INT_MAX
input: -1
binary: 1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111
bindec(): 18446744073709551616
NOTE: interpreted to be the largest unsigned integer
(18446744073709551615) but skewed by float precision