bcscale

Function • Params and return types changed in PHP 8.0

Set or get default scale parameter for all bc math functions.

PHP 5
PHP 7
PHP 8.0
Improved
PHP 8.1-8.2
PHP 8.3-8.4
PHP 8.5
PHP 8.6

bcscale Function synopsis

bcscale(?int $scale = null): int

Parameters

$scale

OptionalType?intDefault valuenull

The scale factor.

Return value

Typeint

Returns the old scale when used as setter. Otherwise the current scale is returned.

Changes to the bcscale Function

PHP 8.0

  • Return type added: int
  • Parameter type added for parameter #1 ($scale): ?int
  • Parameter default value added for position #1 ($scale): null
- bcscale($scale)
+ bcscale(?int $scale = null): int

bcscale Function Availability

PHP VersionAvailability
PHP 8.6Upcoming Release Yes
PHP 8.5Supported (Latest) Yes
PHP 8.4Supported Yes
PHP 8.3Supported Yes
PHP 8.2Security-Fixes Only Yes
PHP 8.1Security-Fixes Only Yes
PHP 8.0Unsupported Yes
PHP 7.4Unsupported Yes
PHP 7.3Unsupported Yes
PHP 7.2Unsupported Yes
PHP 7.1Unsupported Yes
PHP 7.0Unsupported Yes
PHP 5.6Unsupported Yes
PHP 5.5Unsupported Yes
PHP 5.4Unsupported Yes
PHP 5.3Unsupported Yes