array_sum Calculate the sum of values in an array. Description mixedarray_sum arrayarray array_sum returns the sum of values in an array as an integer or float. <function>array_sum</function> examples 1.2, "b" => 2.3, "c" => 3.4); echo "sum(b) = " . array_sum($b) . "\n"; ?> ]]> The printout of the program above will be: PHP versions prior to 4.2.1 modified the passed array itself and converted strings to numbers (which most of the time converted them to zero, depending on their value).