max

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max — La plus grande valeur

Description

max(mixed $value, mixed ...$values): mixed

Signature alternative (non supporté avec les arguments nommés) :

max(array $value_array): mixed

Si le premier et unique paramètre est un tableau, max() retourne la valeur la plus haute du tableau. Si au moins deux paramètres sont fournis, max() retourne la plus grosse de ces valeurs.

Note:
Les valeurs de différents types seront comparées en utilisant les règles de comparaison standard. Actuellement, une chaîne non numérique sera comparée à un entier, comme s'il s'agissait de la valeur 0, mais plusieurs chaîne de caractères non-numérique seront comparées de façon alphanumérique. La valeur actuelle retournée sera du même type que l'original et aucune conversion de type ne sera appliquée.

Attention

Soyez prudent lorsque vous passez des arguments avec des types différents, car max() peut produire des résultats imprévisibles.

Liste de paramètres

value: Toute valeur comparable.
values: Toute valeurs comparable.
value_array: Un tableau contenant les valeurs.

Valeurs de retour

La fonction max() retourne la valeur du paramètre considéré comme "supérieure" suivant la comparaison standard. Si plusieurs valeurs de types différents sont évaluées comme étant égales (i.e. 0 et 'abc'), la première fournie à la fonction sera retournée.

Erreurs / Exceptions

Si un tableau vide est passé, la fonction max() lance une ValueError.

Historique

Version	Description
8.0.0	max() lance désormais une ValueError en cas d'échec ; précédemment, `false` était renvoyé et une erreur `E_WARNING` était émise.
8.0.0	Comme les comparaisons entre les chaînes et les nombres ont été changées, max() ne retourne plus une valeur différente basée sur l'ordre des arguments dans ces cas là.

Exemples

Exemple #1 Exemple avec max()

<?php
echo max(2, 3, 1, 6, 7);  // 7
echo max(array(2, 4, 5)); // 5

// Ici, nous comparons -1 < 0, aussi 'hello' est la plus grande valeur
echo max('hello', -1);    // hello

// Avec plusieurs tableaux de tailles différentes, max retourne
// le plus long
$val = max(array(2, 2, 2), array(1, 1, 1, 1)); // array(1, 1, 1, 1)

// Plusieurs tableaux de même longueur sont comparés de la gauche vers la droite
// aussi, dans notre exemple : 2 == 2, but 5 > 4
$val = max(array(2, 4, 8), array(2, 5, 1)); // array(2, 5, 1)

// Si un tableau et un non-tableau sont fournis, le tableau sera toujours
// retourné, sachant que les comparaisons traitent les tableaux comme
// étant plus grand que n'importe quelle valeur
$val = max('string', array(2, 5, 7), 42);   // array(2, 5, 7)

// Si un argument vaut NULL ou est un booléen, il sera comparé avec les autres
// valeurs en utilisant la règle FALSE < TRUE suivant les autres types concernés
// Dans l'exemple ci-dessous, -10 est traité comme valant TRUE dans la comparaison
$val = max(-10, FALSE); // -10

// D'un autre côté, 0 est traité comme valant FALSE, aussi, il est "plus petit que" TRUE
$val = max(0, TRUE); // TRUE
?>

Voir aussi

min() - La plus petite valeur
count() - Compte tous les éléments d'un tableau ou dans un objet Countable

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User Contributed Notes 18 notes

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keith at bifugi dot com ¶

8 years ago

The simplest way to get around the fact that max() won't give the key is array_search:

<?php
$student_grades = array ("john" => 100, "sarah" => 90, "anne" => 100);
$top_student = array_search(max($student_grades),$student_grades); // john
?>

This could also be done with array_flip, though overwriting will mean that it gets the last max value rather than the first:

<?php
$grades_index = array_flip($student_grades);
$top_student = $grades_index[max($student_grades)]; // anne
?>

To get all the max value keys:

<?php
$top_students = array_keys($student_grades,max($student_grades)); // john, anne
?>

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Samu ¶

1 year ago

With modern PHP versions supporting the array spread operator for function arguments, it's tempting to call max() like this:

<?php
function stuff(): iterable {
    // This function might yield 0, 1 or n values.
}

$foo = max(...stuff());
?>

However, this is dangerous if you cannot guarantee that your generator yields **minimum** two values.

The gotcha here is that when max() receives a single argument, it must be an array of values. (When the generator doesn't yield any values, max() will throw an ArgumentCountError.)

If you can guarantee that your generator yields at least one value, then it's safe to call max by relying on the aforementioned array expectation:

<?php
function stuff(): iterable {
    // This function will yield 1...n values.
}

// Note that here the generator is first read into an array.
$foo = max([...stuff()]);
?>

If the array is empty, max() will throw a ValueError.

The added burden is that faulty code could appear to appear to function just fine but fails at random, probably causing a lot of head-scratching at first.

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deoomen ¶

2 years ago

Watch out after PHP 8.0!

Sample code:

<?php
echo max(0,'hello');
?>

Before PHP 8.0 will return int(0) but since PHP 8.0 above code returns string("hello")!!

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volch5 at gmail dot com ¶

10 years ago

max() (and min()) on DateTime objects compares them like dates (with timezone info) and returns DateTime object.
<?php 
$dt1 = new DateTime('2014-05-07 18:53', new DateTimeZone('Europe/Kiev'));
$dt2 = new DateTime('2014-05-07 16:53', new DateTimeZone('UTC'));
echo max($dt1,$dt2)->format(DateTime::RFC3339) . PHP_EOL; // 2014-05-07T16:53:00+00:00
echo min($dt1,$dt2)->format(DateTime::RFC3339) . PHP_EOL; // 2014-05-07T18:53:00+03:00
?>

It works at least 5.3.3-7+squeeze17

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Alex Rath ¶

14 years ago

Notice that whenever there is a Number in front of the String, it will be used for Comparison.

<?php

  max('7iuwmssuxue', 1); //returns 7iuwmssuxu
  max('-7suidha', -4); //returns -4

?>

But just if it is in front of the String

<?php

  max('sdihatewin7wduiw', 3); //returns 3

?>

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johnphayes at gmail dot com ¶

18 years ago

Regarding boolean parameters in min() and max():

(a) If any of your parameters is boolean, max and min will cast the rest of them to boolean to do the comparison.
(b) true > false
(c) However, max and min will return the actual parameter value that wins the comparison (not the cast).

Here's some test cases to illustrate:

1.  max(true,100)=true
2.  max(true,0)=true
3.  max(100,true)=100
4.  max(false,100)=100
5.  max(100,false)=100
6.  min(true,100)=true
7.  min(true,0)=0
8.  min(100,true)=100
9.  min(false,100)=false
10. min(100,false)=false
11. min(true,false)=false
12. max(true,false)=true

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costinu ¶

12 years ago

max(null, 0) = null

max(0, null) = 0

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ries at vantwisk dot nl ¶

16 years ago

I had several occasions that using max is a lot slower then using a if/then/else construct. Be sure to check this in your routines!

Ries

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ReVo_ ¶

10 years ago

Sometimes you could need to get the max from an array which looks like this:

<?php
$arrTest = array(
    array( "day" => 1, "b" => 10 ),
    array( "day" => 2, "b" => 43 ),
    array( "day" => 3, "b" => 2 ),
    array( "day" => 4, "b" => -3 ),
    array( "day" => 5, "b" => 4 ),
    array( "day" => 6, "b" => -5 )
);
?>
all max functions i see around don't provide a way to get the max value of the values in (example) key "b"

<?php
function maxValueInArray($array, $keyToSearch)
{
    $currentMax = NULL;
    foreach($array as $arr)
    {
        foreach($arr as $key => $value)
        {
            if ($key == $keyToSearch && ($value >= $currentMax))
            {
                $currentMax = $value;
            }
        }
    }

    return $currentMax;
}

//                                            array       key
$value = maxValueInArray($arrTest, "b");

?>

output: 43

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marcini ¶

15 years ago

Note that max() can compare dates, so if you write something like this:

<?php
$dates = array('2009-02-15', '2009-03-15');
echo max($dates);
?>

you will get: 2009-03-15.

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php at rijkvanwel dot nl ¶

13 years ago

To get the largest key in an array:

<?php
$array = array( 0 => 'first', 1=> 'second', /* ... */ 99 => 'nth' );
$max_key = max( array_keys( $array ) ); // 99
?>

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info at osworx dot net ¶

5 years ago

Be aware if a array like this is used (e.g. values from a shopping cart):
<?php
Array
(
    [0] => 142,80
    [1] => 39,27
    [2] => 22,80
    [3] => 175,80
)?>
The result will be: 39,27 and not - as expected - 175,80

So, to find the max value, use integer only like:
<?php
Array
(
    [0] => 14280
    [1] => 3927
    [2] => 2280
    [3] => 17580
)?>
and you will get the correct result: 17580

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blackmac01 at gmail dot com ¶

5 years ago

In response to: keith at bifugi dot com

If you want to find the specific key(s) that match the maximum value in an array where the values may be duplicated, you can loop through and perform a simple check:
<?php

# Example Array
$a = array(
     'key1' => 100,
     'key2' => 90,
     'key3' => 100,
     'key4' => 90,
);

# First get the maximum value
$max = max($a);

# Create a new array containing all keys which have the max value
foreach($a as $key => $val) {     
     if($val === $max) $b[] = $key;
}

# If you want a string list, just do this
$b = implode(' ', $b);
?>

This produces consistent results and will scale well in terms of performance, whereas functions like array_search and array_flip can lead to degraded performance when dealing with large amounts of data.

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michaelangel0 at mail.com ¶

17 years ago

Matlab users and others may feel lonely without the double argument output from min and max functions.



To have the INDEX of the highest value in an array, as well as the value itself, use the following, or a derivative:



<?php

function doublemax($mylist){

  $maxvalue=max($mylist);

  while(list($key,$value)=each($mylist)){

    if($value==$maxvalue)$maxindex=$key;

  }

  return array("m"=>$maxvalue,"i"=>$maxindex);

}

?>

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sun at drupal dot org ¶

13 years ago

Note that max() throws a warning if the array is empty:

<?php
$a = array();
max($a);
// Warning: max(): Array must contain at least one element
?>

So make sure your data isn't empty.

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harmor ¶

16 years ago

A way to bound a integer between two values is:



<?php

function bound($x, $min, $max)

{

     return min(max($x, $min), $max);

}

?>



which is the same as:



<?php

$tmp = $x;

if($tmp < $min)

{

    $tmp = $min;

}

if($tmp > $max)

{

     $tmp = $max;

}

$y = $tmp;

?>



So if you wanted to bound an integer between 1 and 12 for example:



Input:

<?php

$x = 0;

echo bound(0, 1, 12).'<br />';

$x = 1;

echo bound($x, 1, 12).'<br />';

$x = 6;

echo bound($x, 1, 12).'<br />';

$x = 12;

echo bound($x, 1, 12).'<br />';

$x = 13;

echo bound($x, 1, 12).'<br />';

?>



Output:

1

1

6

12

12

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levim at php dot net ¶

12 years ago

<?php
/**
 * @param array $array
 *
 * @return int|null Returns the largest value of the array. Returns NULL if no 
 *     integers are found.
 */
function array_max_recursive(array $array) {
    $max = NULL;
    $stack = array($array);

    do {
        $current = array_pop($stack );
        foreach ($current as $value) {
            if (is_array($value)) {
                $stack[] = $value;
            } elseif (filter_var($value, FILTER_VALIDATE_INT) !== FALSE) {
                // max(NULL, 0) returns NULL, so cast it
                $max = (int) max($max, $value);
            }
        }

    } while (!empty($stack));

    return $max;
}
?>

 - This function is not actually recursive, but fulfills the requirement that it works on sub-arrays.  I do this because PHP is not very good at recursion.  I also did it because I enjoy doing things this way.  
 - It returns something of type int, never a string representation of an int. The exception is when you provide an array that does not contain any integers.  It will then return NULL.
 - It ignores non-array, non-int values.

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toon dot baeyens at gmail dot com ¶

12 years ago

A little function for multi-dimensional arrays:
<?php
function amax($array){
    if(is_array($array)){
        foreach($array as $key => $value){
            $array[$key] = amax($value);
        }
        return max($array);
    }else{
        return $array;
    }
}
?>

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