php man page for bcadd

BCADD(3)								 1								  BCADD(3)

bcadd - Add two arbitrary precision numbers

SYNOPSIS
       string bcadd (string  $left_operand, string  $right_operand, [int  $scale])

DESCRIPTION
	Sums $left_operand and $right_operand.

PARAMETERS
	      o $left_operand
		- The left operand, as a string.

	      o $right_operand
		- The right operand, as a string.

	      o $
		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(3).

RETURN VALUES
	The sum of the two operands, as a string.

EXAMPLES
       Example #1

	      bcadd(3) example

	      <?php

	      $a = '1.234';
	      $b = '5';

	      echo bcadd($a, $b);     // 6
	      echo bcadd($a, $b, 4);  // 6.2340

	      ?>

SEE ALSO
       bcsub(3).

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