On Thu, Aug 25, 2022, at 3:16 PM, Rowan Tommins wrote: > But then we face the awkward asymmetry of the current functionality: > > intdiv() - Integer division > / - Floating-point division > % - Integer modulus > fmod() - Floating-point modulo > > Apparently as of PHP 8.0, there is also an fdiv() function, but the > manual doesn't currently explain why it exists, and whether it will > always give the same result as / (and if not, why not?)
/ in PHP 8.0+ throws DivideByZeroError if you divide by 0. Prior versions, it was a fatal error. fdiv() returns a NAN or INF constant for division by 0. echo fdiv(5, 0); // INF echo fdiv(-5, 0); // -INF echo fdiv(0, 0); // NAN This was a Nikita special. Yes, the docs should likely be updated. --Larry Garfield -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: https://www.php.net/unsub.php
