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 <reference id="ref.bc">
  <title>BCMath Arbitrary Precision Mathematics Functions</title>
  <titleabbrev>BC math</titleabbrev>

  <partintro>
   <section id="bc.intro">
    &reftitle.intro;
    <para>
     For arbitrary precision mathematics PHP offers the Binary Calculator which
     supports numbers of any size and precision, represented as strings.
    </para>
   </section>

   <section id="bc.requirements">
    &reftitle.required;
    <para>
     Since PHP 4.0.4, libbcmath is bundled with PHP. You don't need any
     external libraries for this extension.
    </para>
   </section>

   &reference.bc.configure;

   &reference.bc.ini;

   <section id="bc.resources">
    &reftitle.resources;
    &no.resource;
   </section>

   <section id="bc.constants">
    &reftitle.constants;
    &no.constants;
   </section>
  </partintro>

&reference.bc.functions;

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