I have the following problems:
First: I am trying to do a 32-spaces bitwise left shift on a large number, and for some reason the number is always returned as-is. For example:
echo(516103988<<32); // echoes 516103988
Because shifting the bits to the left one space is the equivalent of multiplying by 2, i tried multiplying the number by 2^32, and it works, it returns 2216649749795176448.
Second: I have to add 9379 to the number from the above point:
printf('%0.0f', 2216649749795176448 + 9379); // prints 2216649749795185920
Should print: 2216649749795185827
Php integer precision is limited to machine word size (32, 64). To work with arbitrary precision integers you have to store them as strings and use bc or gmp library:
echo bcmul('516103988', bcpow(2, 32)); // 2216649749795176448
Based on Pascal MARTIN's suggestions, i tried both the BCMath and the GMP extension and came up with the following solutions:
With BCMath:
$a = 516103988;
$s = bcpow(2, 32);
$a = bcadd(bcmul($a, $s), 9379);
echo $a; // works, echoes 2216649749795185827
With GMP:
$a = gmp_init(516103988);
$s = gmp_pow(gmp_init(2), 32);
$a = gmp_add(gmp_mul($a, $s), gmp_init(9379));
echo gmp_strval($a); // also works
From what i understand, there is a far greater chance for BCMath to be installed on the server then GMP, so i will be using the first solution.
Thanks :)
Doing 32 bit-shifting operations will probably not work like you expect, as integers tend to be stored on 32 bits.
Quoting this page : Bitwise Operators
Don't right shift for more than 32
bits on 32 bits systems.
Don't left
shift in case it results to number
longer than 32 bits.
Use functions
from the gmp extension for bitwise
manipulation on numbers beyond
PHP_INT_MAX
.