PHP BC Math (Binary Calculator) Comparison between BCMath and float arithmetic operations

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Example

bcadd vs float+float

var_dump('10' + '-9.99');           // float(0.0099999999999998)
var_dump(10 + -9.99);               // float(0.0099999999999998)
var_dump(10.00 + -9.99);            // float(0.0099999999999998)
var_dump(bcadd('10', '-9.99', 20)); // string(22) "0.01000000000000000000"

bcsub vs float-float

var_dump('10' - '9.99');           // float(0.0099999999999998)
var_dump(10 - 9.99);               // float(0.0099999999999998)
var_dump(10.00 - 9.99);            // float(0.0099999999999998)
var_dump(bcsub('10', '9.99', 20)); // string(22) "0.01000000000000000000"

bcmul vs int*int

var_dump('5.00' * '2.00');            // float(10)
var_dump(5.00 * 2.00);                // float(10)
var_dump(bcmul('5.0', '2', 20));      // string(4) "10.0"
var_dump(bcmul('5.000', '2.00', 20)); // string(8) "10.00000"
var_dump(bcmul('5', '2', 20));        // string(2) "10"

bcmul vs float*float

var_dump('1.6767676767' * '1.6767676767');           // float(2.8115498416259)
var_dump(1.6767676767 * 1.6767676767);               // float(2.8115498416259)
var_dump(bcmul('1.6767676767', '1.6767676767', 20)); // string(22) "2.81154984162591572289"

bcdiv vs float/float

var_dump('10' / '3.01');           // float(3.3222591362126)
var_dump(10 / 3.01);               // float(3.3222591362126)
var_dump(10.00 / 3.01);            // float(3.3222591362126)
var_dump(bcdiv('10', '3.01', 20)); // string(22) "3.32225913621262458471"


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