How can the scale parameter be adjusted to control the precision of floating point numbers in PHP calculations?

To control the precision of floating point numbers in PHP calculations, you can adjust the scale parameter using the `bcscale()` function. This function sets the default scale parameter for all BCMath functions that do not explicitly specify a scale. By setting a higher scale parameter, you can increase the precision of floating point calculations. 

// Set the scale parameter to 2 for higher precision
bcscale(2);

// Perform a calculation with higher precision
$number1 = '1.23456789';
$number2 = '2.34567890';
$result = bcadd($number1, $number2);
echo $result; // Output: 3.58

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