PHP Manual: Compare numbers

Description

int gmp_cmp ( GMP $a , GMP $b )

Compares two numbers.

Parameters

a: Either a GMP number resource in PHP 5.5 and earlier, a GMP object in PHP 5.6 and later, or a numeric string provided that it is possible to convert the latter to a number.
b: Either a GMP number resource in PHP 5.5 and earlier, a GMP object in PHP 5.6 and later, or a numeric string provided that it is possible to convert the latter to a number.

Return Values

Returns a positive value if a > b, zero if a = b and a negative value if a < b.

Examples

Example #1 gmp_cmp example


<?php
$cmp1 = gmp_cmp("1234", "1000"); // greater than
$cmp2 = gmp_cmp("1000", "1234"); // less than
$cmp3 = gmp_cmp("1234", "1234"); // equal to

echo "$cmp1 $cmp2 $cmp3\n";
?>

The above example will output:

1 -1 0