bcpow()

bcpow - Raise an arbitrary precision number to another

Syntax

string bcpow (string $left_operand, string $right_operand, int $scale)

Arguments

• left_operand - The left operand, as a string.
• right_operand - The right operand, 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().

Description

Raise left_operand to the power right_operand.

Version

PHP 4, 5

Return value

Returns the result as a string.