min

Synopsis

Returns

Lowest value of the arguments passed

Description

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

This function handles negative numbers correctly, in that negative numbers are considered smaller the further they are from zero. For instance -4 is less than -3, -2.345 is less than -2.123, and so on.

See also

See also max()

Example

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