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<refentry xml:id="function.range" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
 <refnamediv>
  <refname>range</refname>
  <refpurpose>Create an array containing a range of elements</refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>
 <refsect1 role="description">
  &reftitle.description;
  <methodsynopsis>
   <type>array</type><methodname>range</methodname>
   <methodparam><type class="union"><type>string</type><type>int</type><type>float</type></type><parameter>start</parameter></methodparam>
   <methodparam><type class="union"><type>string</type><type>int</type><type>float</type></type><parameter>end</parameter></methodparam>
   <methodparam choice="opt"><type class="union"><type>int</type><type>float</type></type><parameter>step</parameter><initializer>1</initializer></methodparam>
  </methodsynopsis>
  <para>
   Create an array containing a range of elements.
  </para>
  <para>
   If both <parameter>start</parameter> and <parameter>end</parameter> are
   <type>string</type>s, and <parameter>step</parameter> is <type>int</type>
   the produced array will be a sequence of bytes.
   Otherwise, the produced array will be a sequence of numbers.
  </para>
  <para>
   The sequence is increasing if <parameter>start</parameter> is less than
   equal to <parameter>end</parameter>.
   Otherwise, the sequence is decreasing.
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="parameters">
  &reftitle.parameters;
  <para>
   <variablelist>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>start</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       First value of the sequence.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>end</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       Last possible value of the sequence.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>step</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       <parameter>step</parameter> indicates by how much is the produced
       sequence progressed between values of the sequence.
      </para>
      <para>
       <parameter>step</parameter> may be negative for decreasing sequences.
      </para>
      <para>
       If <parameter>step</parameter> is a <type>float</type> without a
       fractional part, it is interpreted as <type>int</type>.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
   </variablelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
  &reftitle.returnvalues;
  <para>
   Returns a sequence of elements as an <type>array</type> with the first
   element being <parameter>start</parameter> going up to
   <parameter>end</parameter>, with each value of the sequence being
   <parameter>step</parameter> values apart.
  </para>
  <para>
   The last element of the returned array is either <parameter>end</parameter>
   or the previous element of the sequence,
   depending on the value of <parameter>step</parameter>.
  </para>
  <para>
   If both <parameter>start</parameter> and <parameter>end</parameter> are
   <type>string</type>s, and <parameter>step</parameter> is <type>int</type>
   the produced array will be a sequence of bytes,
   generally latin <abbrev>ASCII</abbrev> characters.
  </para>
  <para>
   If at least one of <parameter>start</parameter>, <parameter>end</parameter>,
   or <parameter>step</parameter> is <type>float</type>
   the produced array will be a sequence of <type>float</type>.
  </para>
  <para>
   Otherwise, the produced array will be a sequence of <type>int</type>.
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="errors">
  &reftitle.errors;
  <itemizedlist>
   <listitem>
    <simpara>
     If <parameter>step</parameter> is <literal>0</literal>,
     a <classname>ValueError</classname> is thrown.
    </simpara>
   </listitem>
   <listitem>
    <simpara>
     If <parameter>start</parameter>, <parameter>end</parameter>,
     or <parameter>step</parameter> is not <function>is_finite</function>,
     a <classname>ValueError</classname> is thrown.
    </simpara>
   </listitem>
   <listitem>
    <simpara>
     If <parameter>step</parameter> is negative,
     but the produced range is increasing
     (i.e. <code>$start &lt;= $end</code>),
     a <classname>ValueError</classname> is thrown.
    </simpara>
   </listitem>
   <listitem>
    <simpara>
     If <parameter>start</parameter> or <parameter>end</parameter>
     is the empty string <literal>''</literal>,
     an <constant>E_WARNING</constant> is emitted and
     the empty string will be interpreted as <literal>0</literal>.
    </simpara>
   </listitem>
   <listitem>
    <simpara>
     If <parameter>start</parameter> or <parameter>end</parameter> is a
     non-<link linkend="language.types.numeric-strings">numeric string</link>
     with more than one byte, an <constant>E_WARNING</constant> is emitted.
    </simpara>
   </listitem>
   <listitem>
    <simpara>
     If <parameter>start</parameter> or <parameter>end</parameter> is a string
     that is implicitly cast to an <type>int</type> because the other boundary
     value is a number, an <constant>E_WARNING</constant> is emitted.
    </simpara>
   </listitem>
   <listitem>
    <simpara>
     If <parameter>step</parameter> is a <type>float</type>,
     and <parameter>start</parameter> and <parameter>end</parameter> are
     non-<link linkend="language.types.numeric-strings">numeric string</link>,
     an <constant>E_WARNING</constant> is emitted.
    </simpara>
   </listitem>
  </itemizedlist>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="changelog">
  &reftitle.changelog;
  <informaltable>
   <tgroup cols="2">
    <thead>
     <row>
      <entry>&Version;</entry>
      <entry>&Description;</entry>
     </row>
    </thead>
    <tbody>
     <row>
      <entry>8.3.0</entry>
      <entry>
       If both <parameter>start</parameter> and <parameter>end</parameter>
       are strings then <function>range</function> will now always produce
       an <type>array</type> of bytes.
       Previously if one of the boundary values was a numeric string,
       then the other boundary value was implicitly cast to <type>int</type>.
      </entry>
     </row>
     <row>
      <entry>8.3.0</entry>
      <entry>
       An <constant>E_WARNING</constant> is now emitted if
       <parameter>start</parameter> or <parameter>end</parameter>
       is a string that is implicitly cast to <type>int</type>
       because the other boundary value is a number.
      </entry>
     </row>
     <row>
      <entry>8.3.0</entry>
      <entry>
       An <constant>E_WARNING</constant> is now emitted if
       <parameter>start</parameter> or <parameter>end</parameter>
       is a non-numeric string with more than one byte.
      </entry>
     </row>
     <row>
      <entry>8.3.0</entry>
      <entry>
       An <constant>E_WARNING</constant> is now emitted if
       <parameter>start</parameter> or <parameter>end</parameter>
       is the empty string.
      </entry>
     </row>
     <row>
      <entry>8.3.0</entry>
      <entry>
       If <parameter>step</parameter> is a <type>float</type> with no
       fractional part, it will be interpreted as an <type>int</type>.
      </entry>
     </row>
     <row>
      <entry>8.3.0</entry>
      <entry>
       A <classname>ValueError</classname> is now thrown if
       <parameter>step</parameter> is negative when producing an increasing
       range.
      </entry>
     </row>
     <row>
      <entry>8.3.0</entry>
      <entry>
       A <classname>ValueError</classname> is now thrown if
       <parameter>step</parameter> is not finite.
      </entry>
     </row>
     <row>
      <entry>8.3.0</entry>
      <entry>
       A <classname>TypeError</classname> is now thrown if
       <parameter>start</parameter> or <parameter>end</parameter>
       is an <type>array</type>, <type>object</type>, or <type>resource</type>.
       Previously they were implicitly cast to <type>int</type>.
      </entry>
     </row>
    </tbody>
   </tgroup>
  </informaltable>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="examples">
  &reftitle.examples;
  <para>
   <example>
    <title><function>range</function> examples</title>
    <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
echo implode(', ', range(0, 12)), PHP_EOL;

echo implode(', ', range(0, 100, 10)), PHP_EOL;

echo implode(', ', range('a', 'i')), PHP_EOL;

echo implode(', ', range('c', 'a')), PHP_EOL;

echo implode(', ', range('A', 'z')), PHP_EOL;
?>
]]>
    </programlisting>
    &example.outputs;
    <screen>
<![CDATA[
0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
0, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100
a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i
c, b, a
A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z, [, \, ], ^, _, `, a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n, o, p, q, r, s, t, u, v, w, x, y, z
]]>
    </screen>
   </example>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="seealso">
  &reftitle.seealso;
  <para>
   <simplelist>
    <member><function>shuffle</function></member>
    <member><function>array_fill</function></member>
    <member>&foreach;</member>
   </simplelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

</refentry>
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