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<refentry xml:id="function.range" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
 <refnamediv>
  <refname>range</refname>
  <refpurpose>Create an array containing a range of elements</refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>
 <refsect1 role="description">
  &reftitle.description;
  <methodsynopsis>
   <type>array</type><methodname>range</methodname>
   <methodparam><type>mixed</type><parameter>start</parameter></methodparam>
   <methodparam><type>mixed</type><parameter>end</parameter></methodparam>
   <methodparam choice="opt"><type>number</type><parameter>step</parameter><initializer>1</initializer></methodparam>
  </methodsynopsis>
  <para>
   Create an array containing a range of elements.
  </para>
 </refsect1>
 <refsect1 role="parameters">
  &reftitle.parameters;
  <para>
   <variablelist>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>start</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       First value of the sequence.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>end</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       The sequence is ended upon reaching the
       <parameter>end</parameter> value.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>step</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       If a <parameter>step</parameter> value is given, it will be used as the
       increment between elements in the sequence.  <parameter>step</parameter>
       should be given as a positive number.  If not specified,
       <parameter>step</parameter> will default to 1.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
   </variablelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>
 <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
  &reftitle.returnvalues;
  <para>
   Returns an array of elements from <parameter>start</parameter> to
   <parameter>end</parameter>, inclusive.
  </para>
 </refsect1>
 <refsect1 role="changelog">
  &reftitle.changelog;
  <para>
   <informaltable>
    <tgroup cols="2">
     <thead>
      <row>
       <entry>&Version;</entry>
       <entry>&Description;</entry>
      </row>
     </thead>
     <tbody>
      <row>
       <entry>5.0.0</entry>
       <entry>
        The optional <parameter>step</parameter> parameter was added.
       </entry>
      </row>
      <row>
       <entry>4.1.0 to 4.3.2</entry>
       <entry>
        In PHP versions 4.1.0 through 4.3.2, <function>range</function> sees
        numeric strings as strings and not integers.  Instead, they will be
        used for character sequences.  For example, <literal>"4242"</literal>
        is treated as <literal>"4"</literal>.
       </entry>
      </row>
      <row>
       <entry>4.1.0</entry>
       <entry>
        Prior to PHP 4.1.0, <function>range</function> only generated
        incrementing integer arrays.  Support for character sequences and
        decrementing arrays was added in 4.1.0.  Character sequence values
        are limited to a length of one.  If a length greater than one is
        entered, only the first character is used.
       </entry>
      </row>
     </tbody>
    </tgroup>
   </informaltable>
  </para>
 </refsect1>
 <refsect1 role="examples">
  &reftitle.examples;
  <para>
   <example>
    <title><function>range</function> examples</title>
    <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
// array(0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
foreach (range(0, 12) as $number) {
    echo $number;
}

// The step parameter was introduced in 5.0.0
// array(0, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100)
foreach (range(0, 100, 10) as $number) {
    echo $number;
}

// Use of character sequences introduced in 4.1.0
// array('a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f', 'g', 'h', 'i');
foreach (range('a', 'i') as $letter) {
    echo $letter;
}
// array('c', 'b', 'a');
foreach (range('c', 'a') as $letter) {
    echo $letter;
}
?>
]]>
    </programlisting>
   </example>
  </para>
 </refsect1>
 <refsect1 role="seealso">
  &reftitle.seealso;
  <para>
   <simplelist>
    <member><function>shuffle</function></member>
    <member><function>array_fill</function></member>
    <member>&foreach;</member>
   </simplelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>
</refentry>

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