[09:23] <dsandler> microtime() doesn’t return a big float (like the equivalent under BeOS) — it returns a string formatted as “0.xxxx XXXXXX” [09:23] <dsandler> so…
October 8th, 2002
[09:23] <dsandler> microtime() doesn’t return a big float (like the
equivalent under BeOS) — it returns a string formatted as “0.xxxx
XXXXXX”
[09:23] <dsandler> so PHP blithely “subtracts” them, to bizarre results
[09:23] * daveb sticks finger in throat
[09:24] <dsandler> Yeah, PHP is open-source at its best and worst.
[09:24] <dsandler> Best: useful, ubiquitous.
[09:24] <dsandler> Worst: designed by a pack of rabid one-eyed donkeys.
equivalent under BeOS) — it returns a string formatted as “0.xxxx
XXXXXX”
[09:23] <dsandler> so PHP blithely “subtracts” them, to bizarre results
[09:23] * daveb sticks finger in throat
[09:24] <dsandler> Yeah, PHP is open-source at its best and worst.
[09:24] <dsandler> Best: useful, ubiquitous.
[09:24] <dsandler> Worst: designed by a pack of rabid one-eyed donkeys.