PHP Manual
Prev		Next

bccomp

(PHP 3, PHP 4, PHP 5)

bccomp -- Compare two arbitrary precision numbers

Description

int bccomp ( string left_operand, string right_operand [, int scale] )

Compares the left_operand to the right_operand and returns the result as an integer. The optional scale parameter is used to set the number of digits after the decimal place which will be used in the comparison. The return value is 0 if the two operands are equal. If the left_operand is larger than the right_operand the return value is +1 and if the left_operand is less than the right_operand the return value is -1.

Examples

Example 1. bccomp() example


<?php

echo bccomp('1', '2') . "\n";   // -1
echo bccomp('1.00001', '1', 3); // 0
echo bccomp('1.00001', '1', 5); // 1

?>

Prev	Home	Next
bcadd	Up	bcdiv

Copyright © 1997 - 2007 by the PHP Documentation Group. This material may be distributed only subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Open Publication License, v1.0 or later. A copy of the Open Publication License is distributed with this manual, the latest version is presently available at http://www.opencontent.org/openpub/. Please see full copyright text at http://www.php.net/manual/en/copyright.php Original version of the above documentation is available at http://www.php.net/manual/en/

Please click on Asp website for booking holiday homes
Please Also click on our Web developers Showcase