How to Solved this Puzzle on PHP

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[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=4]Imagine you have a row of numbers like below(a triangle). By starting at the top of the triangle, find the maximum number in each line and sum them up. Example below.[/size][/font][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=4]

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[color=#222222][font=Calibri, sans-serif][size=2][size=3]Answer I.e. 5 + 9 +8 + 7 = 29.[/size][/size][/font][/color]

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[/size][/font][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=4]Write a code to find the maximum total from top to bottom. Assume triangle can have at most 100000 rows. [/size][/font]

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@Ankit Modi

this question does not belong in this forum. Can you explain me how is this question connected with Yii framework?

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Hi Duri

I know about that but I find the solutions that’s why I post here.

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That’s very easy:




<?php

$sourceData = [

    [5],

    [9, 6],

    [3, 6, 8],

    [0, 7, 1, 5],

];


$sum = 0;


foreach ($sourceData as $row) {

    $sum += max($row);

}


echo $sum;