PHP array_product: The Complete Guide

PHP array_product() is an inbuilt function and is used to find the products of all the items in the array.

PHP array_product()

PHP array_product() is an inbuilt function that calculates and returns the product of an array. The array_product() can be used to test if all values in an array of booleans are TRUE.  

Syntax

See the following syntax.

array_product(array)

See the following code example.

<?php
  
$arr = array(11, 18, 19, 21, 29); 

$product = array_product($arr);

echo $product;

See the output.

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As of PHP 5.3.6, the product of an empty array is 1. Before PHP 5.3.6, this function would return 0 for an empty array.

When an array passed to the array_product() function contains both integral and float values then the array_product() function returns a floating-point value equals to the product of all the elements of the array passed to it.

<?php
  
$arr = array(1.1, 2.1); 

$product = array_product($arr);

echo $product;

See the output.

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Elements with 0 in array_product()

If any value in an array is 0, then the function will always return 0.

<?php
  
$arr = array(11, 21, 19, 0, 46, 29); 

$product = array_product($arr);

echo $product;

See the output.

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Array Elements Containing String

If any item in the input array is the string, the function will type-case it to 0.

That is why it will always return 0 in such a case.

<?php
  
$arr = array(11, 21, 19, 'Eleven', 46, 29); 

$product = array_product($arr);

echo $product;

See the output.

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Check if all the values are boolean true or not

You can use a function to check whether all the values are true or not.

See the code.

<?php
  
$arr = array(1, 11, 0, true); 

$product = array_product($arr);

echo $product;

See the output.

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There is one major difference between using the array_product function and boolean operators.

The former returns the integer 0 value and the later returns a bool(false).

Finally, PHP array_product() Function is over.

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