PHP tan()

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Published May 18, 2023
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The tan() function returns the tangent of the angle passed as the argument. The return value is a floating-point number.

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Syntax

$result = tan($angle);

Where $angle is the angle in radians.

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Using tan() to return the tangent of the angle in radians:

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