abs
Function • Params and return types changed in PHP 8.0
Absolute value.
abs Function synopsis
abs(int|float $num): int|floatParameters
$num
Typeint|float
The numeric value to process
Return value
Typeint|float
The absolute value of $num. If the
argument $num is
of type float, the return type is also float,
otherwise it is int (as float usually has a
bigger value range than int).
Changes to the abs Function
PHP 8.0
- Return type added:
int|float - Parameter name of parameter #1 changed:
$numberto$num - Parameter type added for parameter #1 (
$num):int|float
- abs($number)
+ abs(int|float $num): int|floatabs Function Availability
abs Function Availability| PHP Version | Availability |
|---|---|
| PHP 8.6Upcoming Release | Yes |
| PHP 8.5Supported (Latest) | Yes |
| PHP 8.4Supported | Yes |
| PHP 8.3Security-Fixes Only | Yes |
| PHP 8.2Security-Fixes Only | Yes |
| PHP 8.1Unsupported | Yes |
| PHP 8.0Unsupported | Yes |
| PHP 7.4Unsupported | Yes |
| PHP 7.3Unsupported | Yes |
| PHP 7.2Unsupported | Yes |
| PHP 7.1Unsupported | Yes |
| PHP 7.0Unsupported | Yes |
| PHP 5.6Unsupported | Yes |
| PHP 5.5Unsupported | Yes |
| PHP 5.4Unsupported | Yes |
| PHP 5.3Unsupported | Yes |