Checking if your code is running on 64-bit PHP

Question

Does anyone know of a way of checking within PHP if the script is running as either 32-bit or 64-bit? Currently I\'m using PHP 5.3.5.

Ideally I\'d like to write a f

Answer 1

You could write a function like this:

function is_32bit(){
  return PHP_INT_SIZE === 4;
}

Then you could use the sample code you posted:

if ( is_32bit() ) {
    do_32bit_workaround();
} else {
    do_everything_else();
}