PHP Convert to int

Question

Hi, Im not sure what this type of number is '1.3122278540256E+18' but how can i expand it into an integer?

Thanks!!

Answer 1

It is in IEEE floating point notation. It is a number too large to be calcuated exactly, but move the decimal +18 places to the right to get the integer.

Answer 2

That's a floating-point number expressed in scientific notation (the "E+18" means "times 10 to the 18th power"). Chances are it's being displayed that way due to its length; you might try using printf to format it as a standard integer.

Answer 3

This is scientific notation.

E+18 is shorthand for 10^18. In this case, the number you see is 1,312,227,854,025,600,000.