PHP | gmp_intval() Function
Last Updated :
11 Jul, 2025
The gmp_intval() is an inbuilt function in PHP which converts a GMP number to an integer. Here GMP refers to GNU Multiple Precision which is for large numbers.
Syntax:
int gmp_intval ( $num )
Parameters: The function accepts a single parameter $num which is a GMP number and returns its integer value. This parameter can be a GMP object in PHP version 5.6 and later, or we are also allowed to pass a numeric string provided that it is possible to convert that string to a number.
Return Value: The function returns integer value of the given GMP number $num
Examples:
Input : $num = "2147483647"
Output : 2147483647
Input : $num = "12"
Output : 12
Note: If a numeric string is passed as an integer, it returns the same integer (except above PHP integer limit). But if a GMP number is passed, it returns the integer value of a GMP number.
Below programs illustrate the use of gmp_intval() function:
Program 1: The program below demonstrates the working of gmp_intval() function when numeric string is passed as an argument.
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<?php
// PHP program to demonstrate the gmp_intval()
// function when argument is passed
$x = gmp_intval("2147") . "\n";
// prints integer value of a gmp number
// it returns the same numeric string in integer form
echo gmp_strval($x) . "\n";
?>
Output:
2147
Program 2: The program below demonstrates the working of gmp_intval() when GMP number is passed as an argument.
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<?php
// PHP program to demonstrate the gmp_intval() function
// when GMP number is passed as an argument
// arguments as GMP numbers
$num = gmp_init("1111", 2); // num initialisation = 12
// integer value of GMP number 12 is 12
$x = gmp_intval($num);
// prints the integer value of a gmp number
// gmp_strval converts GMP number to string
// representation in given base(default 10).
echo gmp_strval($x) . "\n";
?>
Output:
7
Reference:
https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.gmp-intval.php