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xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
 <refnamediv>
  <refname>array_product</refname>
  <refpurpose>Calculate the product of values in an array</refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>
 <refsect1 role="description">
  &reftitle.description;
  <methodsynopsis>
   <type>number</type><methodname>array_product</methodname>
   <methodparam><type>array</type><parameter>array</parameter></methodparam>
  </methodsynopsis>
  <para>
   <function>array_product</function> returns the product of values
   in an array.
  </para>
 </refsect1>
 <refsect1 role="parameters">
  &reftitle.parameters;
  <para>
   <variablelist>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>array</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       The array.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
   </variablelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>
 <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
  &reftitle.returnvalues;
  <para>
   Returns the product as an integer or float.
  </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>5.3.6</entry>
       <entry>
        The product of an empty array is now 1, when before this function would
        return 0 for an empty array.
       </entry>
      </row>
     </tbody>
    </tgroup>
   </informaltable>
  </para>
 </refsect1><!-- }}} -->
 <refsect1 role="examples">
  &reftitle.examples;
  <para>
   <example>
    <title><function>array_product</function> examples</title>
    <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php

$a = array(2, 4, 6, 8);
echo "product(a) = " . array_product($a) . "\n";
echo "product(array()) = " . array_product(array()) . "\n";

?>
]]>
    </programlisting>
    &example.outputs;
    <screen>
<![CDATA[
product(a) = 384
product(array()) = 1
]]>
    </screen>
   </example>
  </para>
 </refsect1>
</refentry>

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