[resolved] unwanted formatting of numbers

Code:

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<?
for ($z=1; $z<=100; $z++) {
        $temp_time = (20050505113200 + $z);
echo $temp_time.'<br>';
}
?>

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Hello everybody.
I'm trying to loop through, adding 1 to the variable $temp_time, however PHP is outputting this "2.00505051132E+013".

Instead I would like:
20050505113201
20050505113202
etc.

Any help is appreciated.

It works fine for me, have a look here:

http://allfreesoftware.helphousehost...ing/Test_1.php

It maybe a setting in your .ini file that maybe doing this :)

Cheers,

Ryanj

Strange, very strange. Thanks sciguyryan, I'll check that out.
Has anyone else encountered such a problem?

Its not a problem. This is how PHP displays floating point numbers over a particular value. You need to use the sprintf() function to format the number appropriatly. E.g. to give the number as an interger:

PHP Code:

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printf('%.0f', $number); 


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Quote:

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Originally Posted by visualAd

Its not a problem. This is how PHP displays floating point numbers over a particular value. You need to use the sprintf() function to format the number appropriatly. E.g. to give the number as an interger:

PHP Code:

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printf('%.0f', $number); 


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Then... How did the link I posted work correctly with exactly the same code? How very odd :S

Cheers,

RyanJ

It is because the size of a float and integers are system dependant . I.e: solitario's system, the precision of a float may only be 8 digits, whereas on your system it might be 16.

There may be something in the PHP.ini file which controls numeric output, I'll have a look.

Quote:

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Originally Posted by visualAd

It is because the size of a float and integers are system dependant . I.e: solitario's system, the precision of a float may only be 8 digits, whereas on your system it might be 16.

There may be something in the PHP.ini file which controls numeric output, I'll have a look.

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Ah, Ok.

Thanks for the information.

Cheers,

RyanJ

Thanks visualAd. That did it! :)