PHP | stats_stat_innerproduct() Function

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

The PHP stats_stat_innerproduct() function returns an inner product of two vectors.

Syntax

Following below is the syntax to use this function -

float stats_stat_innerproduct( array $arr1, array $arr2 )

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Parameter Details

Sr.No	Parameter	Description
1	arr1	The first array
2	arr2	The second array

Return Value

This PHP function returns an inner product of arr1 and arr2, or false on failure.

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

The following example below computes an inner product of arr1 and arr2 -

<?php
   var_dump(stats_stat_innerproduct(array(1, 2), array(3, 4)));
?>

Output

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

float(11)

Example2

The following is an error case. In the below example, we have passed unequal length of arrays. A warning is shown in logs -

<?php
   // error cases
   var_dump(stats_stat_innerproduct(array(1, 2), array(3, 4, 5)));
?>

Output

The above code will produce the following result and a warning in logs PHP Warning: stats_stat_innerproduct(): Unequal number of X and Y coordinates.

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 will be studying about the PHP stats_stat_paired_t() Function.

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