array_sum
    (PHP 4 >= 4.0.4)
array_sum --       Calculate the sum of values in an array.     
Description
mixed 
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";
 ?> | 
 
       The printout of the program above will be:        | 
     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).