Returning Float Instead Of Integer

Question

/* returns tweetDetails */
function returnTweets()
{
    $return = array();
    $url = $hashtagSearchUrl = "http://search.twitter.com/search.json?q=%23gencsengeleceksin&include_entities=1&result_type=recent&rpp=50";
    foreach(json_decode(file_get_contents($url))->results as $t)
    {
        $return[] = $t;
    }

    return $return;
}

/* assigns tweet details to a variable */
$ts = returnTweets();

foreach ($ts as $t)
    echo $t->id."<br />";

This must output a list of tweet id's . For example :

190914827918857531
190914827918845655
165456467265456156

Generally it's working but at some servers it's returning something like this:

1.9090219393785E+17

How can i solve this problem?

Here's my guess: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/94591/what-is-the-maximum-value-for-a-int32 — Madbreaks, Apr 13 '12 at 21:02
@j08691 you can't unless you want to write your own JSON parser. — Halcyon, Apr 13 '12 at 21:04

aknosis · Answer 1 · 2012-04-13T21:13:00.480

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You need to use id_str instead of id. 32-bit PHP (which is what most people have installed) cannot handle integers larger than 32 bits.

https://dev.twitter.com/docs/twitter-ids-json-and-snowflake

edited Apr 13 '12 at 21:13

answered Apr 13 '12 at 21:04

aknosis

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Technically, 32-bit PHP cannot handle integers larger than 32 bits. 64-bit PHP can. – Mark Baker Apr 13 '12 at 21:10

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 13 '12 at 21:03

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Probably on 32-bit servers.

Get the property id_str instead of id which will always be a string.

answered Apr 13 '12 at 21:03

Halcyon

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score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 13 '12 at 21:04

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size of integers depend on the platform. you should probably use strings instead of numbers to manipulate that data.

answered Apr 13 '12 at 21:04

Headshota

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Returning Float Instead Of Integer

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