bccomp
Compare two arbitrary precision numbers
Description
int bccomp(string $num1
, string $num2
, intnull $scale
= null
)
Parameters
-
num1
-
The left operand, as a string.
-
num2
-
The right operand, as a string.
-
scale
-
The optional scale
parameter is used to set the
number of digits after the decimal place which will be used in the
comparison.
Return Values
Returns 0 if the two operands are equal, 1 if the
num1
is larger than the
num2
, -1 otherwise.
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
?>