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16 years ago
I made this to multiply an unlimited size of integers together (meaning no decimals)..
This could be useful for those without the BCMath extension.

<?php

function Mul($Num1='0',$Num2='0') {
  // check if they're both plain numbers
  if(!preg_match("/^\d+$/",$Num1)||!preg_match("/^\d+$/",$Num2)) return(0);

  // remove zeroes from beginning of numbers
  for($i=0;$i<strlen($Num1);$i++) if(@$Num1{$i}!='0') {$Num1=substr($Num1,$i);break;}
  for($i=0;$i<strlen($Num2);$i++) if(@$Num2{$i}!='0') {$Num2=substr($Num2,$i);break;}

  // get both number lengths
  $Len1=strlen($Num1);
  $Len2=strlen($Num2);

  // $Rema is for storing the calculated numbers and $Rema2 is for carrying the remainders
  $Rema=$Rema2=array();

  // we start by making a $Len1 by $Len2 table (array)
  for($y=$i=0;$y<$Len1;$y++)
    for($x=0;$x<$Len2;$x++)
      // we use the classic lattice method for calculating the multiplication..
      // this will multiply each number in $Num1 with each number in $Num2 and store it accordingly
      @$Rema[$i++%$Len2].=sprintf('%02d',(int)$Num1{$y}*(int)$Num2{$x});

  // cycle through each stored number
  for($y=0;$y<$Len2;$y++)
    for($x=0;$x<$Len1*2;$x++)
      // add up the numbers in the diagonal fashion the lattice method uses
      @$Rema2[Floor(($x-1)/2)+1+$y]+=(int)$Rema[$y]{$x};

  // reverse the results around
  $Rema2=array_reverse($Rema2);

  // cycle through all the results again
  for($i=0;$i<count($Rema2);$i++) {
    // reverse this item, split, keep the first digit, spread the other digits down the array
    $Rema3=str_split(strrev($Rema2[$i]));
    for($o=0;$o<count($Rema3);$o++)
      if($o==0) @$Rema2[$i+$o]=$Rema3[$o];
      else @$Rema2[$i+$o]+=$Rema3[$o];
  }
  // implode $Rema2 so it's a string and reverse it, this is the result!
  $Rema2=strrev(implode($Rema2));

  // just to make sure, we delete the zeros from the beginning of the result and return
  while(strlen($Rema2)>1&&$Rema2{0}=='0') $Rema2=substr($Rema2,1);

  return($Rema2);
}

$A='5650175242508133742';
$B='2361030539975818701734615584174625';

printf("  Mul(%s,%s); // %s\r\n",$A,$B,  Mul($A,$B));
printf("BCMul(%s,%s); // %s\r\n",$A,$B,BCMul($A,$B)); // build-in function

/*
  This will print something similar to this..
    Mul(5650175242508133742,2361030539975818701734615584174625);
  BCMul(5650175242508133742,2361030539975818701734615584174625);

  both of which should be followed by the answer:
  13340236303776981390475700774516825287352418182696750
*/

?>

It was a fun experience making.. even though this took me longer than the BCAdd alternative I did..
Memory allocation might be an issue for rediculously larger numbers though.. if someone wants to benchmark the performance of my function; feel free.
Enjoy,
Nitrogen.
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