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fpow

(PHP 8 >= 8.4.0)

fpow Raise one number to the power of another, according to IEEE 754

Description

fpow ( float $num , float $exponent ): float

Returns the floating point result of raising num to the power of exponent . If num is cero and exponent is less than cero, then INF is returned.

Parameters

num
The base to use.
exponent
The exponent.

Return Values

Returns a float corresponding to $num $exponent .

Examples

Example #1 fpow() example

<?php
var_dump
( fpow ( 10 , 2 ));
var_dump ( fpow ( 0 , - 3 ));
var_dump ( fpow (- 1 , 5.5 ));
?>

The above example will output:

float(100)
float(INF)
float(NAN)

See Also

  • Exponentiation operator **
  • pow() - Exponential expression
  • fdiv() - Divides two numbers, according to IEEE 754
  • fmod() - Returns the floating point remainder (modulo) of the division of the argumens
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