array_sum

(PHP 4 >= 4.0.4, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

array_sumCalculate the sum of values in an array

Description

array_sum(array $array): int|float

array_sum() returns the sum of values in an array.

Parameters

array

The input array.

Return Values

Returns the sum of values as an integer or float; 0 if the array is empty.

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_sum() examples

<?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";
?>

The above example will output:

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

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User Contributed Notes 6 notes

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rodrigo at adboosters dot com
2 years ago
If you want to calculate the sum in multi-dimensional arrays:

<?php
function array_multisum(array $arr): float {
   
$sum = array_sum($arr);
    foreach(
$arr as $child) {
       
$sum += is_array($child) ? array_multisum($child) : 0;
    }
    return
$sum;
}
?>

Example:

<?php
$data
=
[
   
'a' => 5,
   
'b' =>
    [
       
'c' => 7,
       
'd' => 3
   
],
   
'e' => 4,
   
'f' =>
    [
       
'g' => 6,
       
'h' =>
        [
           
'i' => 1,
           
'j' => 2
       
]
    ]
];

echo
array_multisum($data);

//output: 28
?>
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harl at gmail dot com
1 year ago
array_sum() doesn't "ignore strings if they are not convertible", it converts them to zero. array_product() does the same thing, where the difference between "ignoring" and "converting to zero" is much more obvious.
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Michele Marsching
1 year ago
Notably the function converts strings to float and ignores strings if they are not convertable:

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

$b = array("12.3456", 2, 4, 6, 8);
echo
"sum(b) = " . array_sum($b) . "\n";
?>

sum(a) = 20
sum(b) = 32.3456
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samiulmomin191139 at gmail dot com
2 years ago
<?php
//you can also sum multidimentional arrays like this;

function arraymultisum(array $arr){
$sum=null;
   
    foreach(
$arr as $child){
       
$sum+=is_array($child) ? arraymultisum($child):$child;
    }
    return
$sum;
}

echo
arraymultisum(array(1,4,5,[1,5,8,[4,5,7]]));

//Answer Will be
//40

?>
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sarosekvlad12 at gmail dot com
1 year ago
If you have a case where your array has int in strings, it sums them up as if there were only int in the array!
function sum_mix($a)
{
    return array_sum($a);
}
var_dump(sum_mix([9, 3, '7', '3']));
Response will be int(22)
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yakushabb at gmail dot com
2 years ago
array_sum converts strings to integer and array_sum(2,'2') returns 4.

I had no idea.
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