(PHP 4 >= 4.0.4, PHP 5)
gmp_perfect_square — Perfect square check
$a
)Check if a number is a perfect square.
a
The number being checked as a perfect square.
It can be either a GMP number resource, or a numeric string given that it is possible to convert the latter to a number.
Returns TRUE if a is a perfect square,
FALSE otherwise.
Example #1 gmp_perfect_square() example
<?php
// 3 * 3, perfect square
var_dump(gmp_perfect_square("9"));
// not a perfect square
var_dump(gmp_perfect_square("7"));
// 1234567890 * 1234567890, perfect square
var_dump(gmp_perfect_square("1524157875019052100"));
?>
The above example will output:
bool(true) bool(false) bool(true)