array_sum
    (PHP 4 >= 4.0.4, PHP 5)
array_sum -- 
     Calculate the sum of values in an array
    
Description
number 
array_sum ( array array )
     array_sum() returns the sum of values
     in an array as an integer or float.
    
     
Example 1. array_sum() examples 
<?php $a = array(2, 4, 6, 8); echo "sum(a) = " . array_sum($a) . "\n";
  $b = array("a" => 1.2, "b" => 2.3, "c" => 3.4); echo "sum(b) = " . array_sum($b) . "\n"; ?>
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 The above example will output:  | 
    Note: 
      PHP versions prior to 4.2.1 modified the passed array
      itself and converted strings to numbers (which most
      of the time converted them to zero, depending on
      their value).