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PHP Build a Simple PHP Application Working With Functions Introducing User-Defined Functions

Alton Caber
Alton Caber
2,709 Points
Posted by Alton Caber
Alton Caber
2,709 Points

Need Help Outputting Sum for function mimic_array_sum

<?php

function mimic_array_sum($array) { $sum = 0; foreach($array as $element) { $sum = $sum + $sum; } return $sum; }

$palindromic_primes = array(11, 757, 16361); $sum = mimic_count($palindromic_primes); echo $sum; ?>

2 Answers

Jacques Vincilione
Jacques Vincilione
17,292 Points
Jacques Vincilione
Jacques Vincilione
17,292 Points

Your corrected code is below.

FYI, if you're setting a variable to 0, or "", etc, you can just declare the variable without populating it. It can save a couple of bytes ;).

<?php

function mimic_array_sum($array) { 
        $sum;  //you can set the array to nothing by just declaring it.

        foreach($array as $element) { 
               $sum = $sum + $element; //the second $sum needs to be $element.
        } 

       return $sum; 
}

$palindromic_primes = array(11, 757, 16361); 
$sum = mimic_count($palindromic_primes); 
echo $sum; 

?>
Adam Moore
Adam Moore
21,956 Points
Adam Moore
Adam Moore
21,956 Points

I think you need your first one to be $sum = $sum + $element, so that each time the foreach function is run, it makes the new $sum equal to the previous $sum plus the next $element in the $array.