PHP | range() Function

Hello folks! welcome back to a new section of our tutorial on PHP. In this tutorial guide, we are going to be studying about the PHP range() Function.

The PHP range() function returns an array of elements from low to high, inclusive. If the low parameter is greater than the high parameter, the sequence will be from high to low.

Syntax

Following below is the syntax to use this function -

range ( $low, $high [, $step] );

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Parameter Details

Sr.No	Parameter & Description
1	low(Required) This is a lower range of the array
2	high(Required) This is a upper range of the array
3	step(Optional) Steps to increase array element. By default it is 1

Return Value

This function returns an array of elements.

Example

Try out the below example -

<?php
   foreach (range(0, 6) as $number) {
      echo "$number, ";
   }
   print "\n";
   
   foreach (range(0, 100, 10) as $number) {
      echo "$number, ";
   }
   print "\n";
   
   foreach (range('a', 'c') as $letter) {
      echo "$letter, ";
   }
   print "\n";
   
   foreach (range('f', 'a') as $letter) {
      echo "$letter, ";
   }
   print "\n";
?> 

Output

When the above code is executed, it will produce the following result -

0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,
0, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100
a, b, c,
f,e,d,c, b, a

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Alright guys! This is where we are going to be rounding up for this tutorial post. In our next tutorial, we are going to be discussing about the PHP reset() Function.

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