Convert float to string in php?

Question

Like:

float(1.2345678901235E+19) => string(20) \"12345678901234567890\"

Can it be done?

(it\'s for json_decode...)

Answer 1

It turns out json_decode by default casts large integers as floats. This option can be overwritten in the function call:

$json_array = json_decode($json_string, , , 1);

I'm basing this only on the main documentation, so please test and let me know if it works.