After looking into the two functions from the question (“shr9” and “shr11”) and merging/tweaking the good parts, I finally found the solution. All tests passed (I even added more in the demo), and it also works for shifts by a negative number.
function unsignedRightShift($a, $b) {
if ($b >= 32 || $b < -32) {
$m = (int)($b/32);
$b = $b-($m*32);
}
if ($b < 0) {
$b = 32 + $b;
}
if ($b == 0) {
return (($a>>1)&0x7fffffff)*2+(($a>>$b)&1);
}
if ($a < 0)
{
$a = ($a >> 1);
$a &= 0x7fffffff;
$a |= 0x40000000;
$a = ($a >> ($b - 1));
} else {
$a = ($a >> $b);
}
return $a;
}
This code is not just accurate, but fast too.
Benchmark results: 100000 loops in: 0.25 sec
Benchmark test: http://phpfiddle.org/main/code/mj68-1s7e