gmp_legendre

(PHP 4 >= 4.0.4, PHP 5, PHP 7)
Legendre symbol
int gmp_legendre ( GMP $a, GMP $p )

Compute the » Legendre symbol of a and p. p should be odd and must be positive.

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.

p

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.

Should be odd and must be positive.

Returns:

A GMP number resource in PHP 5.5 and earlier, or a GMP object in PHP 5.6 and later.

Examples:
gmp_legendre() example
<?php
echo gmp_legendre("1", "3") . "\n";
echo gmp_legendre("2", "3") . "\n";
?>

The above example will output:

1
0
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2016-02-24 16:02:18
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