PHP cos()

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Published Jun 17, 2023

The cos() function returns the cosine of the angle passed as the argument. The return value is a floating-point number.

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Syntax

$result = cos($angle);

Where $angle is the angle in radians.

Codebyte Example

Using cos() to return the cosine of the angle in radians:

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