This function can be used to test if all values in an array of booleans are TRUE.
Consider:
<?php
function outbool($test)
{
return (bool) $test;
}
$check[] = outbool(TRUE);
$check[] = outbool(1);
$check[] = outbool(FALSE);
$check[] = outbool(0);
$result = (bool) array_product($check);
// $result is set to FALSE because only two of the four values evaluated to TRUE
?>
The above is equivalent to:
<?php
$check1 = outbool(TRUE);
$check2 = outbool(1);
$check3 = outbool(FALSE);
$check4 = outbool(0);
$result = ($check1 && $check2 && $check3 && $check4);
?>
This use of array_product is especially useful when testing an indefinite number of booleans and is easy to construct in a loop.
array_product
(PHP 5 >= 5.1.0, PHP 7, PHP 8)
array_product — Calculate the product of values in an array
Description
array_product() returns the product of values in an array.
Parameters
-
array -
The array.
Return Values
Returns the product as an integer or float.
Changelog
| Version | Description |
|---|---|
| 8.3.0 |
Now emits E_WARNING when array values
cannot be converted to int or float.
Previously arrays and objects where ignored whilst every other value was cast to int.
Moreover, objects that define a numeric cast (e.g. GMP) are now cast instead of ignored.
|
Examples
Example #1 array_product() examples
<?php
$a = array(2, 4, 6, 8);
echo "product(a) = " . array_product($a) . "\n";
echo "product(array()) = " . array_product(array()) . "\n";
?>The above example will output:
product(a) = 384 product(array()) = 1
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User Contributed Notes 7 notes
Andre D ¶
18 years ago
bsr dot anwar at gmail dot com ¶
7 years ago
Here's how you can find a factorial of a any given number with help of range and array_product functions.
function factorial($num) {
return array_product(range(1, $num));
}
printf("%d", factorial(5)); //120
biziclop ¶
2 years ago
You can use array_product() to calculate the geometric mean of an array of numbers:
<?php
$a = [ 1, 10, 100 ];
$geom_avg = pow( array_product( $a ), 1 / count( $a ));
// = 9.999999999999998 ≈ 10
?>
Marcel G ¶
14 years ago
You can use array_product to calculate the factorial of n:
<?php
function factorial( $n )
{
if( $n < 1 ) $n = 1;
return array_product( range( 1, $n ));
}
?>
If you need the factorial without having array_product available, here is one:
<?php
function factorial( $n )
{
if( $n < 1 ) $n = 1;
for( $p++; $n; ) $p *= $n--;
return $p;
}
?>
Jimmy PHP ¶
10 years ago
array_product() can be used to implement a simple boolean AND search
<?php
$args = array('first_name'=>'Bill','last_name'=>'Buzzard');
$values[] = array('first_name'=>'Brenda','last_name'=>'Buzzard');
$values[] = array('first_name'=>'Victor','last_name'=>'Vulture');
$values[] = array('first_name'=>'Bill','last_name'=>'Blue Jay');
$values[] = array('first_name'=>'Bill','last_name'=>'Buzzard');
$result = search_for($values,$args);
var_dump($result);exit;
function search_for($array,$args) {
$results = array();
foreach ($array as $row) {
$found = false;
$hits = array();
foreach ($row as $k => $v) {
if (array_key_exists($k,$args)) $hits[$k] = ($args[$k] == $v);
}
$found = array_product($hits);
if (!in_array($row,$results) && true == $found) $results[] = $row;
}
return $results;
}
?>
Output:
array (size=1)
0 =>
array (size=2)
'first_name' => string 'Bill' (length=4)
'last_name' => string 'Buzzard' (length=7)
gergely dot lukacsy at streamnet dot hu ¶
1 year ago
Just a little correction for Andre D's answer: "(bool) array_product($array);" is equivalent with the conjunction of each array elements of $array, UNLESS the provided array is empty in which case array_product() will return 1, which will translate to boolean TRUE.
To mitigate this, you should expand the function with an additional check:
<?php
$result = !empty($check) && !!array_product($check);
?>
pqpqpq at wanadoo dot nl ¶
17 years ago
An observation about the _use_ of array_product with primes:
$a=$arrayOfSomePrimes=(2,3,11);
// 2 being the first prime (these days)
$codeNum=array_product($a); // gives 66 (== 2*3*11)
echo "unique product(\$a) = " . array_product($a) . "\n";
The 66 can (only) be split into its original primes,
which can be transformed into their place in the row of primes (2,3,5,7,11,13,17,19...) giving (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8...)
The 66 gives the places {1,2,5} in the row of primes. The number "66" is unique as a code for {1,2,5}
So you can define the combination of table-columns {1,2,5} in "66". The bigger the combination, the more efficient in memory/transmission, the less in calculation.
