bccomp
The custom bcdiv function listed at the top of this page produces very different results from bcdiv, as it rounds instead of truncating the result. Consider the following:
<?php
function bcdiv_cust( $first, $second, $scale = 0 )
{
$res = $first / $second;
return round( $res, $scale );
}
echo bcdiv('1','2','0') . " vs. " bcdiv_cust('1','2','0'); // prints '0 vs. 1'
?>
bcdiv
(PHP 4, PHP 5)
bcdiv — Divide two arbitrary precision numbers
Description
string bcdiv
( string
$left_operand
, string $right_operand
[, int $scale
] )
Divides the left_operand by the
right_operand.
Parameters
-
left_operand -
The left operand, as a string.
-
right_operand -
The right operand, as a string.
-
scale -
This optional parameter is used to set the number of digits after the decimal place in the result. You can also set the global default scale for all functions by using bcscale().
Return Values
Returns the result of the division as a string, or NULL if
right_operand is 0.
Examples
Example #1 bcdiv() example
<?php
echo bcdiv('105', '6.55957', 3); // 16.007
?>
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User Contributed Notes
bcdiv - [5 notes]
Anonymous ¶
2 years ago
no at answer dot com ¶
4 years ago
If you don't have bcmath installed and you need to use bcdiv() with a defined precision / scale you may need this function:
if( !function_exists( "bcdiv" ) )
{
function bcdiv( $first, $second, $scale = 0 )
{
$res = $first / $second;
return round( $res, $scale );
}
}
MM ¶
5 years ago
Perhaps some one can find useful this function to compute the modular inverse of a integer (extended euclidean algorithm):
function invmod($a,$b) {
$n=$b;
$x=0; $lx=1; $y=1; $ly=0;
while ($b) {
$t=$b;
$q=bcdiv($a,$b,0);
$b=bcmod($a,$b);
$a=$t;
$t=$x; $x=bcsub($lx,bcmod(bcmul($q,$x),$n)); $lx=$t;
$t=$y; $y=bcsub($ly,bcmod(bcmul($q,$y),$n)); $ly=$t;
}
if (bccomp($lx,0) == -1)
$lx=bcadd($lx,$n);
return $lx;
}
// verify
$n="2447995268898324993537772139997802321";
$t="64941057316178801556773346239351236811";
$m="123456789";
$i=invmod($t,$n);
// (t*m)*inv(t) is m
echo bcmod(bcmul(bcmod(bcmul($t,$m),$n),$i),$n) == $m;
Gautam ¶
5 years ago
<?php
//converting in to required precision of decimal points
$result= bcdiv(89.99999999997,2.57865741235478,2);
echo "$result"; // 34.90 result with 2 decimal points
?>
cristianDOTzuddas]NOSPAM[gmailDOTcom ¶
7 years ago
Decimal to binary conversion, using BC Math.
Note: this function is VERY slow if the decimal number is too big!
<?
function bc_decbin($dec_str) {
if (strlen($dec_str)>0) {
$bin_str = '';
do {
if (((int)$dec_str[strlen($dec_str)-1] % 2) === 0)
$bin_str .= '0';
else
$bin_str .= '1';
$dec_str = bcdiv($dec_str, '2');
} while ($dec_str!='0');
return strrev($bin_str);
}
else
return null;
}
?>
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