Problem
What if I need to compare really big numbers in PHP? Like comparing 2^66 > 3^53?
Overview
This will work:
print (int) (pow(2,66) > pow(3,53));
PHP will convert the integers to scientific notation. But this script illustrates the limitation of normal operational syntax (i.e.: pow(2,66) > pow(3,53) vs. bccomp(bcpow(2,66), bcpow(3,53),1) > 0):
$max = 1000;
foreach ( range(1,$max) as [...]
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