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Old 04-25-2008, 02:55 AM
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Default Re: Mathematical functions in PHP
To subtract one arbitrary precision number from another we can use bcsub()

PHP Code:
<?php

$a = '1.234';
$b = '5';
 
echo bcsub($a, $b);     // -3
echo bcsub($a, $b, 4);  // -3.7660

?>
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