/**
* Determines if the host platform can encode and decode long integer data.
*
* @throws AvroException if the platform cannot handle long integers.
*/
private static function check_64_bit()
{
if (8 != PHP_INT_SIZE) {
if (extension_loaded('gmp')) {
self::$biginteger_mode = self::GMP_BIGINTEGER_MODE;
} else {
throw new AvroException('This platform cannot handle a 64-bit operations. ' . 'Please install the GMP PHP extension.');
}
} else {
self::$biginteger_mode = self::PHP_BIGINTEGER_MODE;
}
}
