<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> <title>Returns log(1 + number), computed in a way that is accurate even when the value of number is close to zero</title> </head> <body><div class="manualnavbar" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="prev" style="text-align: left; float: left;"><a href="function.log10.html">log10</a></div> <div class="next" style="text-align: right; float: right;"><a href="function.log.html">log</a></div> <div class="up"><a href="ref.math.html">Math Functions</a></div> <div class="home"><a href="index.html">PHP Manual</a></div> </div><hr /><div id="function.log1p" class="refentry"> <div class="refnamediv"> <h1 class="refname">log1p</h1> <p class="verinfo">(PHP 4 >= 4.1.0, PHP 5)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">log1p</span> — <span class="dc-title"> Returns log(1 + number), computed in a way that is accurate even when the value of number is close to zero </span></p> </div> <div class="refsect1 description" id="refsect1-function.log1p-description"> <h3 class="title">Description</h3> <div class="methodsynopsis dc-description"> <span class="type">float</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>log1p</strong></span> ( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">float</span> <code class="parameter">$number</code></span> )</div> <p class="para rdfs-comment"> <span class="function"><strong>log1p()</strong></span> returns log(1 + <em><code class="parameter">number</code></em>) computed in a way that is accurate even when the value of <em><code class="parameter">number</code></em> is close to zero. <span class="function"><a href="function.log.html" class="function">log()</a></span> might only return log(1) in this case due to lack of precision. </p> </div> <div class="refsect1 parameters" id="refsect1-function.log1p-parameters"> <h3 class="title">Parameters</h3> <p class="para"> <dl> <dt> <span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">number</code></em></span> <dd> <p class="para"> The argument to process </p> </dd> </dt> </dl> </p> </div> <div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-function.log1p-returnvalues"> <h3 class="title">Return Values</h3> <p class="para"> log(1 + <em><code class="parameter">number</code></em>) </p> </div> <div class="refsect1 changelog" id="refsect1-function.log1p-changelog"> <h3 class="title">Changelog</h3> <p class="para"> <table class="doctable informaltable"> <thead> <tr> <th>Version</th> <th>Description</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody class="tbody"> <tr> <td>5.3.0</td> <td> This function is now available on all platforms </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </p> </div> <div class="refsect1 seealso" id="refsect1-function.log1p-seealso"> <h3 class="title">See Also</h3> <p class="para"> <ul class="simplelist"> <li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.expm1.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">expm1()</a> - Returns exp(number) - 1, computed in a way that is accurate even when the value of number is close to zero</span></li> <li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.log.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">log()</a> - Natural logarithm</span></li> <li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.log10.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">log10()</a> - Base-10 logarithm</span></li> </ul> </p> </div> </div><hr /><div class="manualnavbar" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="prev" style="text-align: left; float: left;"><a href="function.log10.html">log10</a></div> <div class="next" style="text-align: right; float: right;"><a href="function.log.html">log</a></div> <div class="up"><a href="ref.math.html">Math Functions</a></div> <div class="home"><a href="index.html">PHP Manual</a></div> </div></body></html>