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- PHP provides some built-in array functions which help to do array operation so easily.
- The range() function is one of them. With the range() function, PHP numeric array can be created dynamically.
- The structure of the range() function is given below
$a = range( lower/upper limit, upper/lower limit, step size );click below button to copy the code. php tutorial - team
- Here, the array variable $a will be numeric array whose elements start from lower limit and end at upper limit.
- Step size determines the number of array elements. So, if the lower limit is 0 and the upper limit is 100 and the step size is 10, the array elements will be calculated from the below mathematics
{(upper limit – lower limit)/step size}+1 = {(100 – 0)/10}+1 = 11click below button to copy the code. php tutorial - team
- Again, if the lower limit is 5 and the upper limit is 50 and the step size is 10, the elements will be
{(upper limit – lower limit)/step size}+1 = {(50 – 5)/10}+1 = 5.5click below button to copy the code. php tutorial - team
- Here, the result is a fraction number. In this case, PHP will ignore the fraction value and take the lower round figure. So, the array elements will be 5.
Sample Code
<?php
$a = range(0,100,10);
echo "Array elements from range() function : ";
foreach($a as $value){
echo $value." ";
}
?>click below button to copy the code. php tutorial - team
Output
Array elements from range() function : 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100- The example is showing that the array $a has been created dynamically with the range() function and the elements are being increased from lower limit to upper limit.
- But the range() function can also create an array whose elements will be decreased from upper limit to lower limit.
<?php
$a = range(50,5,10);
echo "Array elements from range() function : ";
foreach($a as $value){
echo $value." ";
}
?>click below button to copy the code. php tutorial - team
Output
Array elements from range() function : 50 40 30 20 10- Here, the array elements are starting from upper limit and end with lower limit. So, with the range() function both types of array can be created.