Array Functions
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range

Create an array containing a range of elements

Description

array range ( mixed $start , mixed $end [, number $step = 1 ] )

Create an array containing a range of elements.

Parameters

start

First value of the sequence.

end

The sequence is ended upon reaching the end value.

step

If a step value is given, it will be used as the increment between elements in the sequence. step should be given as a positive number. If not specified, step will default to 1.

Return Values

Returns an array of elements from start to end, inclusive.

Changelog

Version Description
5.0.0 The optional step parameter was added.
4.1.0 to 4.3.2 In PHP versions 4.1.0 through 4.3.2, range sees numeric strings as strings and not integers. Instead, they will be used for character sequences. For example, "4242" is treated as "4".
4.1.0 Prior to PHP 4.1.0, range only generated incrementing integer arrays. Support for character sequences and decrementing arrays was added in 4.1.0. Character sequence values are limited to a length of one. If a length greater than one is entered, only the first character is used.

Examples

Example #1 range examples

<?php
// array(0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
foreach (range(0, 12) as $number) {
    echo $number;
}

// The step parameter was introduced in 5.0.0
// array(0, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100)
foreach (range(0, 100, 10) as $number) {
    echo $number;
}

// Use of character sequences introduced in 4.1.0
// array('a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f', 'g', 'h', 'i');
foreach (range('a', 'i') as $letter) {
    echo $letter;
}
// array('c', 'b', 'a');
foreach (range('c', 'a') as $letter) {
    echo $letter;
}
?>

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