gmp_gcd

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

gmp_gcd — Calculate GCD

Description

gmp_gcd ( GMP|int|string $num1 , GMP|int|string $num2 ) : GMP

Calculate greatest common divisor of num1 and num2. The result is always positive even if either of, or both, input operands are negative.

Parameters

num1

A GMP object, an int or a numeric string.

num2

A GMP object, an int or a numeric string.

Return Values

A positive GMP number that divides into both num1 and num2.

Examples

Example #1 gmp_gcd() example

<?php
$gcd = gmp_gcd("12", "21");
echo gmp_strval($gcd) . "\n";
?>

The above example will output:

3

See Also

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