Echo a very large number

Question

I have a unusual problem which I have no idea how to solve.

I have a JSON file, where a application id is stored, namely the following:

\"app_id\": \         


        

Answer 1

A quick and dirty solution would be to add some character at the beginning or end of your number to force PHP to treat it as a string. Maybe intstead of "363924477024846" use "z363924477024846" and then remove the z when you need to use it. Obviously append this before you send it.

Answer 2

If you can change the JSON file contents, have you tried wrapping the application ID in quotes, like so:

"app_id": "'363924477024846'"

As clentfort has said, you're exceeding the max value for a 32bit integer (~2.1bn signed)

Answer 3

I had the same problem here: Simply use phps number_format function, which solves this issue:

$number = "363924477024846";
echo number_format($number, 0, '', '');

// 363924477024846

Answer 4

It looks like json_decode has an option to treat big integers as strings.

json_decode($json, false, 512, JSON_BIGINT_AS_STRING)

Answer 5

try casting it to a string

echo((string)$theNumber);