Introduction

For arbitrary precision mathematics PHP offers the Binary Calculator which supports numbers of any size and precision, represented as strings.

Requirements

Since PHP 4.0.4, libbcmath is bundled with PHP. You don't need any external libraries for this extension.

Installation

In PHP 4, these functions are only available if PHP was configured with --enable-bcmath. In PHP 3, these functions are only available if PHP was NOT configured with --disable-bcmath.

The windows version of PHP has built in support for this extension. You do not need to load any additional extension in order to use these functions.

Runtime Configuration

The behaviour of these functions is affected by settings in php.ini.

Here's a short explanation of the configuration directives.

Resource Types

This extension has no resource types defined.

Predefined Constants

This extension has no constants defined.