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gmp_abs

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(PHP 4 >= 4.0.4, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

Absolute value

Description

gmp_abs(GMP|int|string $num): GMP

Get the absolute value of a number.

Returns the absolute value of num, as a GMP number.

gmp_abs() example

php

<?php
$abs1 = gmp_abs("274982683358");
$abs2 = gmp_abs("-274982683358");

echo gmp_strval($abs1) . "\n";
echo gmp_strval($abs2) . "\n";
?>

The above example will output:

output

274982683358
274982683358

Source: reference/gmp/functions/gmp-abs.xml · from the official PHP manual (php/doc-en)