From 8799687c6683d13ad30d4c08714b88734f1743af Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kenneth Schwartz <irchtml@php.net>
Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2004 10:00:01 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] bug #23564/23564: base_convert loses percision on large
 numbers

git-svn-id: https://svn.php.net/repository/phpdoc/en/trunk@155131 c90b9560-bf6c-de11-be94-00142212c4b1
---
 reference/math/functions/base-convert.xml | 10 +++++++++-
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/reference/math/functions/base-convert.xml b/reference/math/functions/base-convert.xml
index 1535dd7149..ac655d9cc1 100644
--- a/reference/math/functions/base-convert.xml
+++ b/reference/math/functions/base-convert.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.4 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.5 $ -->
 <!-- splitted from ./en/functions/math.xml, last change in rev 1.2 -->
   <refentry id="function.base-convert">
    <refnamediv>
@@ -43,6 +43,14 @@ echo base_convert($hexadecimal, 16, 2);
       </screen>
      </example>
     </para>
+    <warning>
+     <simpara>
+      <function>base_convert</function> may lose precision on large numbers
+      due to properties related to the internal "double" or "float" type used.
+      Please see the <link linkend="language.types.float">Floating point numbers</link>
+      section in the manual for more specific information and limitations.
+     </simpara>
+    </warning>
    </refsect1>
   </refentry>