php-doc-en/reference/math/functions/abs.xml
Máté Kocsis e2a460ca39
Generate some standard methodsynopses based on stubs
Co-authored-by: Christoph M. Becker <cmbecker69@gmx.de>
2021-05-23 13:26:34 +02:00

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
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<refentry xml:id="function.abs" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
<refnamediv>
<refname>abs</refname>
<refpurpose>Absolute value</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsect1 role="description">
&reftitle.description;
<methodsynopsis>
<type class="union"><type>int</type><type>float</type></type><methodname>abs</methodname>
<methodparam><type class="union"><type>int</type><type>float</type></type><parameter>num</parameter></methodparam>
</methodsynopsis>
<para>
Returns the absolute value of <parameter>num</parameter>.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="parameters">
&reftitle.parameters;
<para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>num</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<para>
The numeric value to process
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="returnvalues">
&reftitle.returnvalues;
<para>
The absolute value of <parameter>num</parameter>. If the
argument <parameter>num</parameter> is
of type <type>float</type>, the return type is also <type>float</type>,
otherwise it is <type>int</type> (as <type>float</type> usually has a
bigger value range than <type>int</type>).
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="changelog">
&reftitle.changelog;
<informaltable>
<tgroup cols="2">
<thead>
<row>
<entry>&Version;</entry>
<entry>&Description;</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry>8.0.0</entry>
<entry>
<parameter>num</parameter> no longer accepts internal objects which support
numeric conversion.
</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="examples">
&reftitle.examples;
<para>
<example>
<title><function>abs</function> example</title>
<programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
echo abs(-4.2); // 4.2 (double/float)
echo abs(5); // 5 (integer)
echo abs(-5); // 5 (integer)
?>
]]>
</programlisting>
</example>
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="seealso">
&reftitle.seealso;
<para>
<simplelist>
<member><function>gmp_abs</function></member>
<member><function>gmp_sign</function></member>
</simplelist>
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>
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