abs

    (PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

    abs — Absolute value

    Description

    abs(int|float$num): int|float

    Returns the absolute value of num.

    Parameters

    num

    The numeric value to process

    Return Values

    The absolute value of num. If the argument num is of type float, the return type is also float, otherwise it is int (as float usually has a bigger value range than int).

    Changelog

    VersionDescription
    8.0.0num no longer accepts internal objects which support numeric conversion.

    Examples

    Example #1 abs() example

    <?php
    var_dump    (abs(-4.2));
    var_dump(abs(5));
    var_dump(abs(-5));
    ?>

    The above example will output:

    float(4.2) int(5) int(5)

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