Thanks! That's explain it! One other question. Is the even number a stable release and the odd number an unstable release? Just like the Red Hat Linux or Perl as an example. Does that apply to PHP?
THanks, Scott "Jim Winstead" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Scott Fletcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > There is the calculation errors for the floating point, so I checked the > > PHP website. On that website, the function webpage, pow(). It said that > > "In PHP 4.0.6 and earlier pow() always returned a float, and did not issue > > warnings.". So, there was some changes to the pow() on PHP 4.0.7 and after. > > Let's do the demo script. > > > > echo pow(0, 0.0829); > > > > It should return a "0" as it did in version 4.0.6 and before. But > > version 4.0.7 and after, it returned a "-1.#IND". Why is that? What is the > > other way around to fix the problem? Let me know! > > pow() was badly broken in the 4.1.x series, particularly in the various > edge conditions (like using 0 for either argument). 4.2.0 gets it right. > > jim -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
