bcpow

(PHP 4, PHP 5)

bcpow — Raise an arbitrary precision number to another

string bcpow ( string $left_operand , string $right_operand [, int $scale ] )

Raise left_operand to the power right_operand .

left_operand: The left operand, as a string.
right_operand: The right operand, as a string.
scale: This optional parameter is used to set the number of digits after the decimal place in the result. You can also set the global default scale for all functions by using bcscale().

Returns the result as a string.

Example #1 bcpow() example


<?php

echo bcpow('4.2', '3', 2); // 74.08

?>

bcpowmod() - Raise an arbitrary precision number to another, reduced by a specified modulus
bcsqrt() - Get the square root of an arbitrary precision number