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markbaker/complex-functions
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PHP Library for working with complex numbers as procedural functions

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PHPComplexFunctions
===================

[](#phpcomplexfunctions)

---

PHP Function Library for working with Complex numbers

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---

The library currently provides the following operations:

- addition
- subtraction
- multiplication
- division
    - division by
    - division into

together with functions for

- theta (polar theta angle)
- rho (polar distance/radius)
- conjugate

- negative

- inverse (1 / complex)
- cos (cosine)
- acos (inverse cosine)
- cosh (hyperbolic cosine)
- acosh (inverse hyperbolic cosine)
- sin (sine)
- asin (inverse sine)
- sinh (hyperbolic sine)
- asinh (inverse hyperbolic sine)
- sec (secant)
- asec (inverse secant)
- sech (hyperbolic secant)
- asech (inverse hyperbolic secant)
- csc (cosecant)
- acsc (inverse cosecant)
- csch (hyperbolic secant)
- acsch (inverse hyperbolic secant)
- tan (tangent)
- atan (inverse tangent)
- tanh (hyperbolic tangent)
- atanh (inverse hyperbolic tangent)
- cot (cotangent)
- acot (inverse cotangent)
- coth (hyperbolic cotangent)
- acoth (inverse hyperbolic cotangent)
- sqrt (square root)
- exp (exponential)
- ln (natural log)
- log10 (base-10 log)
- log2 (base-2 log)
- pow (raised to the power of a real number)

---

Installation
============

[](#installation)

```
composer require markbaker/complex-functions:^1.0
```

(Requires Composer version 2)

Usage
=====

[](#usage)

To create a new complex object, you can provide either the real, imaginary and suffix parts as individual values, or as an array of values passed passed to the constructor; or a string representing the value. e.g

```
$real = 1.23;
$imaginary = -4.56;
$suffix = 'i';

$complexObject = new Complex\Complex($real, $imaginary, $suffix);
```

or

```
$real = 1.23;
$imaginary = -4.56;
$suffix = 'i';

$arguments = [$real, $imaginary, $suffix];

$complexObject = new Complex\Complex($arguments);
```

or

```
$complexString = '1.23-4.56i';

$complexObject = new Complex\Complex($complexString);
```

Complex objects are immutable: whenever you call a method or pass a complex value to a function that returns a complex value, a new Complex object will be returned, and the original will remain unchanged. This also allows you to chain multiple methods as you would for a fluent interface (as long as they are methods that will return a Complex result).

Performing Mathematical Operations
----------------------------------

[](#performing-mathematical-operations)

To perform mathematical operations with Complex values, you can call the appropriate method against a complex value, passing other values as arguments

```
$complexString1 = '1.23-4.56i';
$complexString2 = '2.34+5.67i';

$complexObject = new Complex\Complex($complexString1);
echo $complexObject->add($complexString2);
```

or use the static Operation methods

```
$complexString1 = '1.23-4.56i';
$complexString2 = '2.34+5.67i';

echo Complex\Operations::add($complexString1, $complexString2);
```

or procedurally, you can pass all values to the appropriate (namespaced) function

```
$complexString1 = '1.23-4.56i';
$complexString2 = '2.34+5.67i';

echo Complex\add($complexString1, $complexString2);
```

If you want to perform the same operation against multiple values (e.g. to add three or more complex numbers), then you can pass multiple arguments to any of the operations.

You can pass these arguments as Complex objects, or as an array, or a string that will parse to a complex object.

Using functions
---------------

[](#using-functions)

When calling any of the available functions for a complex value, you can either call the relevant method for the Complex object

```
$complexString = '1.23-4.56i';

$complexObject = new Complex\Complex($complexString);
echo $complexObject->sinh();
```

or use the static Functions methods

```
$complexString = '1.23-4.56i';

echo Complex\Functions::sinh($complexString);
```

or you can call the function as you would in procedural code, passing the Complex object as an argument

```
$complexString = '1.23-4.56i';

$complexObject = new Complex\Complex($complexString);
echo Complex\sinh($complexObject);
```

When called procedurally using the function, or statically, you can pass in the argument as a Complex object, or as an array, or a string that will parse to a complex object.

```
$complexString = '1.23-4.56i';

echo Complex\sinh($complexString);
```

In the case of the `pow()` function (the only implemented function that requires an additional argument) you need to pass both arguments when calling the function procedurally

```
$complexString = '1.23-4.56i';

$complexObject = new Complex\Complex($complexString);
echo Complex\pow($complexObject, 2);
```

or pass the additional argument when calling the method

```
$complexString = '1.23-4.56i';

$complexObject = new Complex\Complex($complexString);
echo $complexObject->pow(2);
```

###  Health Score

30

—

LowBetter than 64% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity23

Limited adoption so far

Community4

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity57

Maturing project, gaining track record

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**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

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Last Release

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