* Thus wrote Mario Werner ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > I ported a algorithm from JavaScript to PHP and noticed that PHP outputs a > different result than JS. For example: > > ==================== > t = 0.6255264658909423 > f = 20.5 > ln = -6.983333333333333 > d2r = 0.017453292519943295 > > $ra = (((6.6460656 + 2400.0513 * $t + 2.58e-5 * $t * $t + $f) * 15 - $ln) % > 360) * $d2r; > > PHP outputs 4.4156830075456535 > JS outputs 4.42304792511156 > ==================== > > I found out that ((...) % 360) returns in PHP 253.0000... whereas JS and a > Calculator return 253.6085.... > I also tried to use the bc...-functions but the result was the same. > [...] > How could that be?! 1:1 the same code but different outputs? Is this a > PHP-bug? :-?
Nope. http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=12623 fmod() will do what you want. Curt -- "I used to think I was indecisive, but now I'm not so sure." -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
