Title: PHP Floating Point DoS Attack Workaround
Author: Sergey Biryukov
Published: <strong>جنوری 5, 2011</strong>
Last modified: مئی 21, 2012

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# PHP Floating Point DoS Attack Workaround

 By [Sergey Biryukov](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sergeybiryukov/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/php-floating-point-dos-attack-workaround.0.2.zip)

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## Description

Prevents 32-bit PHP versions from hanging when processing a request containing 2.2250738585072011e-
308 value.

For more information see the [original post](http://www.exploringbinary.com/php-hangs-on-numeric-value-2-2250738585072011e-308/)
and [bug report](http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=53632) by Rick Regan.

Based on the [non-plugin solution](http://www.aircraft24.com/en/info/php-float-dos-quickfix.htm)
by AirCraft24.com.

## Installation

 1. Upload `php-floating-point-dos-attack-workaround` folder to the `/wp-content/plugins/`
    directory.
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.

## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

“PHP Floating Point DoS Attack Workaround” is open source software. The following
people have contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Sergey Biryukov ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sergeybiryukov/)

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## Changelog

#### 0.2

 * Added more thorough check
 * Terminate execution rather than deleting the variable

#### 0.1

 * Initial release

## Meta

 *  Version **0.2**
 *  Last updated **14 years ago**
 *  Active installations **10+**
 *  WordPress version ** 1.5 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **3.4.2**
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## Contributors

 *   [ Sergey Biryukov ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sergeybiryukov/)

## Support

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