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                                      min

   (PHP 3, PHP 4 )
   min -- Find lowest value

Description

   mixed min ( number arg1, number arg2 [, number ...])
   mixed min ( array numbers [, array ...])

   min() returns the numerically lowest of the parameter values.

   If the first and only parameter is an array, min() returns the lowest
   value in that array. If the first parameter is an integer, string or
   float, you need at least two parameters and min() returns the smallest
   of these values. You can compare an unlimited number of values.

     Note: PHP will evaluate a non-numeric string as 0, but still return
     the string if it's seen as the numerically lowest value. If
     multiple arguments evaluate to 0, min() will use the first one it
     sees (the leftmost value).

   Example 1. Example uses of min()
   <?php
   echo min(2, 3, 1, 6, 7);  // 1
   echo min(array(2, 4, 5)); // 2
   echo min(0, 'hello');     // 0
   echo min('hello', 0);     // hello
   echo min('hello', -1);    // -1
   // With multiple arrays, min compares from left to right
   // so in our example: 2 == 2, but 4 < 5
   $val = min(array(2, 4, 8), array(2, 5, 1)); // array(2, 4, 8)
   // If both an array and non-array are given, the array
   // is never returned as it's considered the largest
   $val = min('string', array(2, 5, 7), 42);   // string
   ?>

   See also max() and count().
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