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If GMP or BCMath are available they are used. v1.0.3(10y ago)222.8M—1.9%1315MITPHPPHP >=4.2.0 Since Jan 27Pushed 3mo ago13 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/pear/Math_BigInteger)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/pear/math_biginteger)[ Docs](https://github.com/pear/Math_BigInteger)[ RSS](/packages/pear-math-biginteger/feed)WikiDiscussions trunk Synced 1mo ago READMEChangelogDependenciesVersions (5)Used By (15) Math\_BigInteger ================ [](#math_biginteger) Pure-PHP arbitrary precision integer arithmetic library. Supports base-2, base-10, base-16, and base-256 numbers. Uses the GMP or BCMath extensions, if available, and an internal implementation, otherwise. Installation ------------ [](#installation) ### PEAR [](#pear) ``` $ pear install Math_BigInteger ``` ### Composer [](#composer) ``` $ composer require pear/math_biginteger ``` Usage ----- [](#usage) See the examples in the `demo/` directory. 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