php-doc-en/reference/array/functions/array-sum.xml
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
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<refentry id="function.array-sum">
<refnamediv>
<refname>array_sum</refname>
<refpurpose>
Calculate the sum of values in an array.
</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsect1>
<title>Description</title>
<methodsynopsis>
<type>mixed</type><methodname>array_sum</methodname>
<methodparam><type>array</type><parameter>array</parameter></methodparam>
</methodsynopsis>
<para>
<function>array_sum</function> returns the sum of values
in an array as an integer or float.
</para>
<para>
<example>
<title><function>array_sum</function> examples</title>
<programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
$a = array(2, 4, 6, 8);
echo "sum(a) = ".array_sum($a)."\n";
$b = array("a"=>1.2,"b"=>2.3,"c"=>3.4);
echo "sum(b) = ".array_sum($b)."\n";
?>
]]>
</programlisting>
<para>
The printout of the program above will be:
<screen role="php">
<![CDATA[
sum(a) = 20
sum(b) = 6.9
]]>
</screen>
</para>
</example>
</para>
<note>
<para>
PHP versions prior to 4.0.6 modified the passed array
itself and converted strings to numbers (which most
of the time converted them to zero, depending on
their value).
</para>
</note>
</refsect1>
</refentry>
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