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gmp_nextprime

(PHP 5 >= 5.2.0, PHP 7)

gmp_nextprimeFind next prime number


Description

gmp_nextprime ( int $a ) : GMP

Find next prime number


Parameters

a
Either a GMP number resource in PHP 5.5 and earlier, a GMP object in PHP 5.6 and later, or a numeric string provided that it is possible to convert the latter to a number.


Return Values

Return the next prime number greater than a, as a GMP number.


Examples

Example #1 gmp_nextprime() example

<?php$prime1 = gmp_nextprime(10); // next prime number greater than 10$prime2 = gmp_nextprime(-1000); // next prime number greater than -1000echo gmp_strval($prime1) . "\n";echo gmp_strval($prime2) . "\n";?>

The above example will output:


11
2

Notes

Note:

This function uses a probabilistic algorithm to identify primes and chances to get a composite number are extremely small.