array_product

(PHP 5 >= 5.1.0, PHP 7, PHP 8)

array_productCalculate the product of values in an array

Description

array_product(array $array): int |float

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 array s and object s 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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Andre D
19 years ago
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.
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bsr dot anwar at gmail dot com
8 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, $num));
}
printf("%d", factorial(5)); //120
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gergely dot lukacsy at streamnet dot hu
2 years ago
Just a little correction for Andre D's answer: "(bool) array_product($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);
?>
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biziclop
3 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
?>
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Marcel G
15 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;
}
?>
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