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

Here is an example that can be used from console

For Windows:

php -r "echo (PHP_INT_SIZE == 4 ? '32 bit' : '64 bit').PHP_EOL;" && php -i | findstr Thread

For Linux

php -r "echo (PHP_INT_SIZE == 4 ? '32 bit' : '64 bit').PHP_EOL;" && php -i | grep Thread

Output example:

64 bit
Thread Safety => disabled