PHP | array_reduce() Function

This inbuilt function of PHP is used to reduce the elements of an array into a single value that can be of float, integer or string value. The function uses a user defined callback function to reduce the input array.

Syntax:

array_reduce($array, own_function, $initial)

Parameters:
The function takes three arguments and are described below:

1. $array (mandatory): This is a mondatory parameter and refers to the original array from which we need to reduce.
2. own_function (mandatory): This parameter is als mandatory and refers to the user defined function that is used to hold the value of the $array
3. $initial (optional): This parameter is optional and refers to the value to be sent to the function.

Return Value: This function returns the reduced result. It can be of any type int, float or string.

Examples:

Input : $array = (15, 120, 45, 78)
        $initial = 25
        own_function() takes two parameters and concatenates 
        them with "and" as a separator in between
Output : 25 and 15 and 120 and 45 and 78

Input : $array = array(2, 4, 5);
        $initial = 1
        own_function() takes two parameters 
        and multiplies them.
Output : 40

In this program we will see how an array of integer elements is reduced to a single string value. We also passed the intial element of our choice.

Output:

Initial and 15 and 120 and 45 and 78

In the below program, the array_reduce reduces the given array to the product of all the elements of the array using the own_function().

Output:

80000

Reference:
http://php.net/manual/en/function.array-reduce.php

Chinmoy Lenka

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