Working with large numbers in PHP

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To use modular exponentiation as you would require when using the Fermat Primality Test with large numbers (100,000+), it calls for some very large calculations.

When I multiply two large numbers (eg: 62574 and 62574) PHP seems to cast the result to a float. Getting the modulus value of that returns strange values.

$x = 62574 * 62574;
var_dump($x);          // float(3915505476) ... correct
var_dump($x % 104659); // int(-72945)  ... wtf.

Is there any way to make PHP perform these calculations properly? Alternatively, is there another method for finding modulus values that would work for large numbers?

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8 Answers

For some reason, there are two standard libraries in PHP handling the arbitrary length/precision numbers: BC Math and GMP. I personally prefer GMP, as it's fresher and has richer API.

Based on GMP I've implemented Decimal2 class for storing and processing currency amounts (like USD 100.25). A lot of mod calculations there w/o any problems. Tested with very large numbers.

Ivan_Krechetov_64300

have you taken a look at bcmod()? php has issues with integers over 2^31 - 1 on 32 bit platforms.

var_dump(bcmod("$x", '104659') ); // string(4) "2968"
Owen_48530

I suggest you try BigInteger. If that doesn't work out, you may use SWIG to add C/C++ code for the big integer calculations and link it into your code.

Yuval_F_17020 
<?php
function add($int1,$int2){
    $int1 = str_pad($int1, strlen($int2), '0', STR_PAD_LEFT);
    $int2 = str_pad($int2, strlen($int1), '0', STR_PAD_LEFT);
    $carry = 0;
    $str = "";
    for($i=strlen($int1);$i>0;$i--){
        $var = $int1[$i-1] + $int2[$i-1] + $carry;
        $var = str_pad($var, 2, '0', STR_PAD_LEFT);
        $var = (string) $var;
        $carry = $var[0];
        $str = $str . $var[1];
    }
    $res = strrev($str.$carry);
    echo ltrim($res,"0");
}
add($int1,$int2);
?>
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