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Binary to Decimal 32bit signed with PHP

I currently have a Decimal that is coming through as: 4294960896 This is then converted to Binary with this function: Which equals: 11111111111111111110011100000000 I then need to take that binary and convert it to the 32bit signed version which should be ‘-6400’ I can’t seem to find any bui…

Incorrect PHP calculation

Can someone give me an explanation on why this is happening in PHP: It’s probably very simple but logically I do not see any explanation. Probably how PHP works in the background. I was trying to get the first two decimal positions of a number when I ran into this case. Result should be 29 naturally. If…

Decimal validation + PHP?

How to do decimal number validation in PHP? (The decimal point is optional) it should accept … 0 , 1 , 2 , 0.123 , 0.2 , 12.34 etc. Answer Would any of these suit your needs? is_float() is_numeric()