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Range as a string. Items are separated with a comma; which can be in any of the following formats:
"1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6" - output: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
"1 - 6" - output: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
"1 -%2 6" - output: 1, 3, 5 (last number will not be counted unless it evenly fits in)
"1 - -6" - output: 1, 0, -1, -2, -3, -4, -5, -6
"0 - 0" - output: 0
"1, 2, 3, [LAST_NUM] - 6" - output: 1, 2, 3, 3, 4, 5, 6 (note repeated 3)
"1, 2, 3, [LAST_NUM+1] - 6" - output: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 (no repeated 3)
"1, 2, 3, [LAST_NUM+-1] - 6" - output: 1, 2, 3, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
<?php
define('RANGE_ARRAY', 1);
define('RANGE_STRING', 2);
function range_string($range_str, $output_type = RANGE_ARRAY)
{
$range_out = array();
$ranges = explode(",", $range_str);
$last_num = 0;
foreach($ranges as $range)
{
$step = 1;
$range = trim($range);
if(is_numeric($range))
{
// Just a number; add it to the list.
$range_out[] = $range;
$last_num = $range;
}
else if(is_string($range))
{
// Figure out if it is just a character.
if(strlen($range) == 1)
{
$range_out[] = (string)$range;
$last_num = 0;
}
else
{
// Is probably a range of values.
$range_exp = explode(" ", $range);
if(substr($range_exp[1], 0, 1) == '-' && !is_numeric(substr($range_exp[1], 0, 1)))
{
// Jumping range?
$jump = str_split($range_exp[1], 1);
if(count($jump) > 0)
{
if($jump[1] == '%')
{
$step = substr($range_exp[1], 2);
}
}
else
{
// Normal range.
$step = 1;
}
}
else
{
$step = 1;
}
if($range_exp[0] == '[LAST_NUM]')
{
$start = $last_num;
}
else
{
$exp = explode("+", $range_exp[0]);
if($exp[0] == '[LAST_NUM')
{
$start = $last_num + trim($exp[1], ']');
}
else
{
$start = $range_exp[0];
}
}
$end = $range_exp[2];
if($start > $end)
{
for($i = $start; $i >= $end; $i -= $step)
{
$range_out[] = $i;
}
$last_num = $i;
}
else
{
for($i = $start; $i <= $end; $i += $step)
{
$range_out[] = $i;
}
$last_num = $i;
}
// echo $step . ", ";
}
}
}
if($output_type == RANGE_ARRAY)
{
return $range_out;
}
else
{
return implode(", ", $range_out);
}
}
echo range_string("1, 2, 3, [LAST_NUM+1] - 6", RANGE_STRING);
?>
range
(PHP 4, PHP 5)
range — Create an array containing a range of elements
Description
Create an array containing a range of elements.
Parameters
- low
-
Low value.
- high
-
High value.
- step
-
If a step value is given, it will be used as the increment between elements in the sequence. step should be given as a positive number. If not specified, step will default to 1.
Return Values
Returns an array of elements from low to high , inclusive. If low > high, the sequence will be from high to low.
Changelog
| Version | Description |
|---|---|
| 5.0.0 | The optional step parameter was added. |
| 4.1.0 to 4.3.2 | In PHP versions 4.1.0 through 4.3.2, range() sees numeric strings as strings and not integers. Instead, they will be used for character sequences. For example, "4242" is treated as "4". |
| 4.1.0 | Prior to PHP 4.1.0, range() only generated incrementing integer arrays. Support for character sequences and decrementing arrays was added in 4.1.0. Character sequence values are limited to a length of one. If a length greater than one is entered, only the first character is used. |
Examples
Example #1 range() examples
<?php
// array(0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
foreach (range(0, 12) as $number) {
echo $number;
}
// The step parameter was introduced in 5.0.0
// array(0, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100)
foreach (range(0, 100, 10) as $number) {
echo $number;
}
// Use of character sequences introduced in 4.1.0
// array('a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f', 'g', 'h', 'i');
foreach (range('a', 'i') as $letter) {
echo $letter;
}
// array('c', 'b', 'a');
foreach (range('c', 'a') as $letter) {
echo $letter;
}
?>
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User Contributed Notesrange
thomas+php1 at tgohome dot com
30-Sep-2008 05:44
30-Sep-2008 05:44
ThinkMedical at Gmail dot com
26-Aug-2008 02:11
26-Aug-2008 02:11
foreach(range()) whilst efficiant in other languages, such as python, it is not (compared to a for) in php*.
php is a C-inspired language and thus for is entirely in-keeping with the lanuage aethetic to use it
<?php
//efficiant
for($i = $start; $i < $end; $i+=$step)
{
//do something with array
}
//inefficiant
foreach(range($start, $end, $step) as $i)
{
//do something with array
}
?>
That the officiant documentation doesnt mention the for loop is strange.
Note however, that in PHP5 foreach is faster than for when iterating without incrementing a variable.
* My tests using microtime and 100 000 iterations consistently (~10 times) show that for is 4x faster than foreach(range()).
captvanhalen at gmail dot com
27-Mar-2008 07:33
27-Mar-2008 07:33
Here is a home rolled range() function that uses the step feature for those unfortunate souls who cannot use PHP5:
<?php
function my_range( $start, $end, $step = 1) {
$range = array();
foreach (range( $start, $end ) as $index) {
if (! (($index - $start) % $step) ) {
$range[] = $index;
}
}
return $range;
}
?>
chris at laflash dot org
10-May-2007 01:47
10-May-2007 01:47
Quick HTML menus with minimum and maximum sets of years:
<?php
/*
** Quick HTML menus with minimum and maximum sets of years.
** @author Chris Charlton <chris@laflash.org>
** @license FREE!
*/
// Years range setup
$year_built_min = 1900;
$year_built_max = date("Y");
?>
<select id="yearBuiltMin" size="1">
<?php // Generate minimum years
foreach (range($year_built_min, $year_built_max) as $year) { ?>
<option value="<?php echo($year); ?>"><?php echo($year); ?></option>
<?php } ?>
</select>
<select id="yearBuiltMax" size="1">
<?php // Generate max years
foreach (range($year_built_max, $year_built_min) as $year) { ?>
<option value="<?php echo($year); ?>"><?php echo($year); ?></option>
<?php } ?>
</select>
m0sh3 at hotmail dot com
02-Mar-2007 02:46
02-Mar-2007 02:46
Here's how i use it to check if array is associative or not:
<?php
if (array_keys($arr)===range(0, sizeof($arr)-1)) {
// not associative array
} else {
// associative array
}
?>
manuel at levante dot de
07-Nov-2006 02:25
07-Nov-2006 02:25
<?php
function srange ($s) {
preg_match_all("/([0-9]{1,2})-?([0-9]{0,2}) ?,?;?/", $s, $a);
$n = array ();
foreach ($a[1] as $k => $v) {
$n = array_merge ($n, range ($v, (empty($a[2][$k])?$v:$a[2][$k])));
}
return ($n);
}
$s = '1-4 6-7 9-10';
print_r(srange($s));
?>
Return:
Array
(
[0] => 1
[1] => 2
[2] => 3
[3] => 4
[4] => 6
[5] => 7
[6] => 9
[7] => 10
)
subscription101 at hotmail dot com
08-Jan-2006 03:36
08-Jan-2006 03:36
A much simpler way of creating a range of even numbers is by starting with an even number:
<?php
range(2, 10, 2);
?>
emory underscore smith at hotmail
21-Aug-2005 04:53
21-Aug-2005 04:53
since its not stated explicitly above, thought id point out that you arent limited to using integers.
however, be careful when doing so, as you might not get the range you expect!
to illustrate:
<?php
$am = range(500,1600,10);
$fm = range(88.1,107.9,.2);
print_r($am);
print_r($fm);
?>
print_r($am) yields the expected result:
Array
(
[0] => 500
[1] => 510
[2] => 520
...
[109] => 1590
[110] => 1600
)
print_r($fm), however, falls a bit (1%) short:
Array
(
[0] => 88.1
[1] => 88.3
[2] => 88.5
...
[97] => 107.5
[98] => 107.7
)
so, if you want to use a non-integral step size params for numeric ranges, be sure to account for fp representation accuracy and error accumulation; a step size of something like pi or 1/10 could spell disaster for a large range. if in doubt, use integral steps and divide ... something like <?php range(88.1,108,.2) ?> might work to recover 107.9, but would not be scalable like, say <?php array_map(create_function('$x','return $x/10;'),range(881,1079,2)) ?>.
-emory
derek at php dot net
08-May-2005 03:13
08-May-2005 03:13
This should emulate range() a little better.
<?php
function range_wroar($low, $high, $step = 1) {
$arr = array();
$step = (abs($step)>0)?abs($step):1;
$sign = ($low<=$high)?1:-1;
if(is_numeric($low) && is_numeric($high)) {
//numeric sequence
for ($i = (float)$low; $i*$sign <= $high*$sign; $i += $step*$sign)
$arr[] = $i;
} else {
//character sequence
if (is_numeric($low))
return $this->range($low, 0, $step);
if (is_numeric($high))
return $this->range(0, $high, $step);
$low = ord($low);
$high = ord($high);
for ($i = $low; $i*$sign <= $high*$sign; $i += $step*$sign) {
$arr[] = chr($i);
}
}
return $arr;
}
?>
j dot gizmo at aon dot at
23-Sep-2004 01:23
23-Sep-2004 01:23
i figured i'd add some more functionality to the myRange() functions below.
now you can, besides giving a $step parameter,
1. count backwards
2. count with letters
3. give whatever parameter you want, there's nothing (i know of) that will cause an endless loop (try a negative $step for the previous function....)
<?php
function myRange($num1, $num2, $step=1)
{
if (is_numeric($num1) && is_numeric($num2))
{
//we have a numeric range
$step = ( abs($step)>0 ? abs($step) : 1 ); //make $step positive
$dir = ($num1<=$num2 ? 1 : -1); //get the direction
for($i = (float)$num1; $i*$dir <= $num2*$dir; $i += $step*$dir)
{
$temp[] = $i;
}
}
else
{
//we have a character range
$num1=ord((string)$num1); //convert to ascii value
$num2=ord((string)$num2);
$step = ( abs($step)>0 ? abs($step) : 1 ); //make $step positive
$dir = ($num1<=$num2 ? 1 : -1); //get direction
for($i = $num1; $i*$dir <= $num2*$dir; $i += $step*$dir)
{
$temp[] = chr($i);
}
}
return $temp;
}
print_r(myRange( 1, 3, 0.5 )); //you can use fractional steps
print_r(myRange( "a", "k", 3 )); //or count letters
print_r(myRange( "5", "9" )); //numbers are detected even if hidden in strtings
print_r(myRange( "!", "%", 1/pi() )); //or mess around with senseless parameters
?>
donwilson at gmail dot com
01-Sep-2004 06:38
01-Sep-2004 06:38
To speed your MyRange() function, I have created a much nicer function with less code to sift through to include the step parameter.
<?php
// range() limitation for PHP <5.0.0
function myRange($num1, $num2, $step=1)
{
for($i = $num1; $i <= $num2; $i += $step)
{
$temp[] = $i;
}
return $temp;
}
?>
For whatever reason my comment was deleted..?
Forrester at tfcustomized dot com
18-May-2004 04:57
18-May-2004 04:57
Since users of < PHP 5.0.0 don't have the option of the step parameter, I've created a little function to account for it:
@USAGE: (int low, int high [, int step])
function myRange($low,$high,$step=1)
{
$ranArray = range($low,$high);
$step--;
$keys = count($ranArray);
for($i=0;$i<$keys;$i++)
{
$retArray[] = $ranArray[$i];
$i = $i + $step;
}
return $retArray;
}
// Example usage:
print_r(myRange(1,11,2));
// Returns the array:
// [0] => 1
// [1] => 3
// [2] => 5
// [3] => 7
// [4] => 9
// [5] => 11