Fibonacci series of numbers in PHP by using for loop and recursive function

Generate Fibonacci numbers iteratively

For generating a sequence, an iterative loop is clearer and far more efficient than the simple recursive demonstration later on this page.

<?php
$count = 15;
$a = 0;
$b = 1;
$sequence = [];

for ($i = 0; $i < $count; $i++) {
    $sequence[] = $a;
    [$a, $b] = [$b, $a + $b];
}

echo implode(', ', $sequence);
?>

In Fibonacci series of numbers, each number is the sum of the two preceding ones.

0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, 144, 233, 377

Fn = F(n-1) + F(n-2)

Generating Fibonacci series in PHP where any number is sum of previous two numbers

Generating Fibonacci series using for loop

We will use for loop to generate the series.

$n1=1; // first number 
$n2=0; // second number
for($i=0;$i<=15;$i++){
echo " $n2,";
$temp=$n1+$n2; // temporary variable  
$n1=$n2;   // $n2 value shifted to $n1 
$n2=$temp; // temporary value ( sum ) is shifted. 	
}

Output

0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, 144, 233, 377, 610,

Using recursive function

function fibo($n){
if($n<=1){
return $n;}
else{
	return (fibo($n-1)+fibo($n-2));
}	
}

for ($i=0;$i<15;$i++){
echo fibo($i).", ";
}

Output

0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, 144, 233, 377,

Question

Write a PHP function, generateFibonacci(), that accepts an argument to represent a number (n) and displays the nth number in the Fibonacci series . The series is 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, 144â€¦ For example, invoking the function using the statement generateFibonacci(3)should display 1 as the output, as 5 is the 6th number in the series

<?php
function generateFibonacci($n) {
    if ($n < 1) {
        echo "Invalid input. Please enter a positive integer.";
        return;
    }

    // Handle the first two numbers
    if ($n == 1) {
        echo "0";
        return;
    } elseif ($n == 2) {
        echo "1";
        return;
    }

    // Generate Fibonacci for n >= 3
    $a = 0;
    $b = 1;
    for ($i = 3; $i <= $n; $i++) {
        $temp = $a + $b;
        $a = $b;
        $b = $temp;
    }

    echo "" . $b . "";
}

// Example usage
//generateFibonacci(7); // Output: 8
//generateFibonacci(3); // Output: 1
generateFibonacci(1); // Output: 0
?>

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