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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
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<!-- $Revision: 1.7 $ -->
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<!-- splitted from ./en/functions/math.xml, last change in rev 1.2 -->
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<refentry id="function.pow">
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<refnamediv>
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<refname>pow</refname>
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<refpurpose>Exponential expression</refpurpose>
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</refnamediv>
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<refsect1>
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<title>Description</title>
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<methodsynopsis>
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<type>number</type><methodname>pow</methodname>
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<methodparam><type>number</type><parameter>base</parameter></methodparam>
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<methodparam><type>number</type><parameter>exp</parameter></methodparam>
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</methodsynopsis>
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<para>
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Returns <parameter>base</parameter> raised to the power of
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<parameter>exp</parameter>. If possible, this function will
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return an <type>integer</type>.
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</para>
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<para>
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If the power cannot be computed, a warning will be issued,
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and <function>pow</function> will return &false;. Since PHP 4.2.0
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<function>pow</function> doesn't issue any warning.
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</para>
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<note>
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<para>
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PHP cannot handle negative <parameter>base</parameter>s.
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</para>
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</note>
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<example>
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<title>Some examples of <function>pow</function></title>
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<programlisting role="php">
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<![CDATA[
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<?php
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var_dump(pow(2, 8)); // int(256)
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echo pow(-1, 20); // 1
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echo pow(0, 0); // 1
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echo pow(-1, 5.5); // error
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?>
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]]>
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</programlisting>
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</example>
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<warning>
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<para>
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In PHP 4.0.6 and earlier <function>pow</function> always returned
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a <type>float</type>, and did not issue warnings.
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</para>
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</warning>
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<para>
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See also:
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<function>exp</function>,
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<function>sqrt</function>,
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<function>bcpow</function>, and
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<function>gmp_pow</function>,
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</para>
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</refsect1>
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</refentry>
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Local variables:
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mode: sgml
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sgml-omittag:t
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sgml-shorttag:t
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sgml-minimize-attributes:nil
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sgml-always-quote-attributes:t
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sgml-indent-step:1
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sgml-indent-data:t
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indent-tabs-mode:nil
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sgml-parent-document:nil
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sgml-default-dtd-file:"../../../../manual.ced"
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sgml-exposed-tags:nil
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sgml-local-catalogs:nil
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sgml-local-ecat-files:nil
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End:
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vim600: syn=xml fen fdm=syntax fdl=2 si
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vim: et tw=78 syn=sgml
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vi: ts=1 sw=1
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-->
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