(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)
bcdiv — Divide two arbitrary precision numbers
num1The dividend, as a string.
num2The divisor, as a string.
scalenull, it will default to the default scale set with bcscale(),
or fallback to the value of the
bcmath.scale INI directive.
Returns the result of the division as a string.
This function throws a ValueError in the following cases:
num1 or num2
is not a well-formed BCMath numeric string.
scale is outside the valid range.
This function throws a DivisionByZeroError
exception if num2 is 0.
| Version | Description |
|---|---|
| 8.0.0 |
scale is now nullable.
|
| 8.0.0 |
Dividing by 0 now throws a
DivisionByZeroError exception
instead of returning null.
|
Example #1 bcdiv() example
<?php
echo bcdiv('105', '6.55957', 3); // 16.007
?>