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max

Name

max — Returns the highest value out of the values passed.

Synopsis

mixed max(arg1[, arg2][, . . .]);
mixed arg1: Value to test
mixed arg2 (optional): Value to test
mixed . . . (optional): Further arguments

Returns

Greatest value of arguments passed

Description

max() returns the value of the numerically greatest of the arguments passed to it. If the first argument is an array, then the element of that array having the numerically greatest value will be returned. Alternatively, any number of arguments may be passed, in which case the greatest of them will be the result.

This function handles negative numbers correctly, in that negative numbers are considered greater the closer they are to zero. For instance -3 is greater than -4, and -2.123 is greater than -2.345, and so on.

Version

PHP 3, PHP 4

See also

See also min()

Example

Example 679. Get the maximum of a set of values

$var1 = 12;
$var2 = 34.5;
$var3 = 28;
echo "Max value is ", max($var1, $var2, $var3);



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