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# array_sum

(PHP 4 >= 4.0.4)

array_sum -- Calculate the sum of values in an array.

## Description

mixed array_sum ( array array)

array_sum() returns the sum of values in an array as an integer or float.

Example 1. array_sum() examples

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

    $b = array("a"=>1.2,"b"=>2.3,"c"=>3.4);
    echo "sum(b) = ".array_sum($b)."\n";

The printout of the program above will be:

    sum(a) = 20
    sum(b) = 6.9

> Note: 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).

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