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PHP Exercises: Capture a variable number of arguments to a given function

PHP: Exercise-102 with Solution

Write a PHP program to capture a variable number of arguments to a given function.

Sample Solution: -

PHP Code:

<?php
//Licence: https://bit.ly/2CFA5XY

function variadicFunction($operands)
{
    $sum = 0;
    foreach($operands as $singleOperand) {
        $sum += $singleOperand;
    }
    return $sum;
}

var_dump(variadicFunction([1, 2]));
var_dump(variadicFunction([1, 2, 3, 4]));
  
?>

Sample Output: 

int(3)
int(10)

Flowchart:

Flowchart: Capture a variable number of arguments to a given function.

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PHP: Tips of the Day

Returns all elements in an array except for the first one

Example:

<?php
function tips_tail($items)
{
  return count($items) > 1 ? array_slice($items, 1) : $items;
}

print_r(tips_tail([1, 5, 7]));
?>

Output:

Array
(
    [0] => 5
    [1] => 7
)