Description
string
bcpowmod ( string $left_operand, string $right_operand, string $modulus [, int $scale] )
Use the fast-exponentiation method to raise
left_operand to the power
right_operand with respect to the modulus
modulus.
Parameters
- left_operand
- The left operand, as a string.
- right_operand
- The right operand, as a string.
- modulus
- The modulus, 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().
Return Values
Returns the result as a string, or
NULL if
modulus is 0.
Notes
Note: Because this method uses the modulus operation, non-natural numbers may give unexpected results. A natural number is any positive non-zero integer.
Examples
The following two statements are functionally identical. The
bcpowmod() version however, executes in less time and can accept larger parameters.
<?php
$a = bcpowmod($x, $y, $mod);
$b = bcmod(bcpow($x, $y), $mod);
// $a and $b are equal to each other.
?>