This function returns an unsigned integer from a 64-bit Linux platform. It does return the signed integer from other 32-bit platforms even a 64-bit Windows one.
The reason is because the two constants PHP_INT_SIZE and PHP_INT_MAX have different values on the 64-bit Linux platform.
I've created a work-around function to handle this situation.
<?php
function get_signed_int($in) {
$int_max = pow(2, 31)-1;
if ($in > $int_max){
$out = $in - $int_max * 2 - 2;
}
else {
$out = $in;
}
return $out;
}
?>
Hope this helps.
