hypot()

hypot - Calculate the length of the hypotenuse of a right-angle triangle

Syntax

float hypot (float $x, float $y)

Arguments

• x - Length of first side
• y - Length of second side

Description

hypot() returns the length of the hypotenuse of a right-angle triangle with sides of length x and y, or the distance of the point ( x, y) from the origin. This is equivalent to sqrt(x*x + y*y).

Version

PHP 4.1.0, 5

Return value

Calculated length of the hypotenuse