bindecinterpret.php

<?php
/*
 * The lesson from this example is in the output
 * rather than the PHP code itself.
 */

$magnitude_lower = pow(2, (PHP_INT_SIZE * 8) - 2);
p($magnitude_lower - 1);
p($magnitude_lower, 'See the rollover?  Watch it next time around...');

p(PHP_INT_MAX, 'PHP_INT_MAX');
p(~PHP_INT_MAX, 'interpreted to be one more than PHP_INT_MAX');

if (PHP_INT_SIZE == 4) {
    $note = 'interpreted to be the largest unsigned integer';
} else {
    $note = 'interpreted to be the largest unsigned integer
              (18446744073709551615) but skewed by float precision';
}
p(-1, $note);


function p($input, $note = '') {
    echo "input:        $input\n";

    $format = '%0' . (PHP_INT_SIZE * 8) . 'b';
    $bin = sprintf($format, $input);
    echo "binary:       $bin\n";

    ini_set('precision', 20);  // For readability on 64 bit boxes.
    $dec = bindec($bin);
    echo 'bindec():     ' . $dec . "\n";

    if ($note) {
        echo "NOTE:         $note\n";
    }

    echo "\n";
}
?>