PHP | stats_rand_gen_gamma() Function

Hello folks! welcome back to a new edition of our tutorial on PHP. In this tutorial guide, we are going to be discussing briefly about the php stats_rand_gen_gamma() function.

The PHP stats_rand_gen_gamma() function is used to generate a random deviate from the gamma distribution.

Syntax

Following below is the syntax to use this function -

float stats_rand_gen_gamma( float $a, float $r )

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Parameter Details

Sr.No	Parameter	Description
1	a	location parameter of Gamma distribution (a > 0).
2	r	shape parameter of Gamma distribution (r > 0).

Return Value

This function generates a random deviate from the gamma distribution whose density is (A**R)/Gamma(R) * X**(R-1) * Exp(-A*X).

Dependencies

This built-in function was first introduced in statistics extension (PHP version 4.0.0 and PEAR v1.4.0). In this tutorial guide, we used the latest release of stats-2.0.3 (PHP v7.0.0 or newer and PEAR version 1.4.0 or newer).

Example1

Following example computes the random deviation from the gamma distribution -

<?php
   var_dump(is_float(stats_rand_gen_gamma(1, 1)));
?>

Output

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

bool(true)

Example2

The following is an error case. In the below example, we have passed a < 0. A warning is shown in logs -

<?php
   // error case
   var_dump(stats_rand_gen_gamma(-0.1, 1));    // a < 0
?>

Output

The above code will produce the following result and a warning in logs PHP Warning: stats_rand_gen_gamma: A or R nonpositive. A value: -1.000000E-1, R value: 1.000000E+0

bool(false)

Example3

The following is an error case. In the below example, we have passed a == 0. A warning is shown in logs -

<?php
   // error cases
   var_dump(stats_rand_gen_gamma(0, 1));       // a == 0
?>

Output

The above code will produce the following result and a warning in logs PHP Warning: stats_rand_gen_gamma: A or R nonpositive. A value: 0.000000E+0, R value: 1.000000E+0

bool(false)

Example4

The following below is an error case. In the following example, we have passed r < 0. A warning is shown in logs -

<?php
   // error cases
   var_dump(stats_rand_gen_gamma(1, -.1));     // r < 0
?>

Output

The above code will produce the following result and a warning in logs PHP Warning: stats_rand_gen_gamma: A or R nonpositive. A value: 1.000000E+0, R value: -1.000000E-1

bool(false)

Example5

The following is an error case. In the below example, we have passed r == 0. A warning is shown in logs -

<?php
   // error cases
   var_dump(stats_rand_gen_gamma(1, 0));       // r == 0
?>

Output

The above code will produce the following result and a warning in logs PHP Warning: stats_rand_gen_gamma: A or R nonpositive. A value: 1.000000E+0, R value: 0.000000E+0

bool(false)

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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 built-in stats_rand_gen_ibinomial() Function in PHP.

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