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<?php
declare(strict_types=1);

function in_circle(float $positionX, float $positionY, float $radius = 1): bool
{
return pow($positionX, 2) + pow($positionY, 2) < pow($radius, 2);
}

function random_zero_to_one(): float
{
return mt_rand() / mt_getrandmax();
}

function monte_carlo(int $samples, float $radius = 1): float
{
$inCircleCount = 0;

for ($i = 0; $i < $samples; $i++) {
if (in_circle(random_zero_to_one() * $radius, random_zero_to_one() * $radius, $radius)) {
$inCircleCount++;
}
}

return 4 * $inCircleCount / $samples;
}

$piEstimate = monte_carlo(10000000);
$percentError = abs($piEstimate - pi()) / pi() * 100;

printf('The estimate of PI is: %s', $piEstimate);
echo PHP_EOL;
printf('The percent error is: %s', $percentError);
echo PHP_EOL;
4 changes: 4 additions & 0 deletions contents/monte_carlo_integration/monte_carlo_integration.md
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[import:1-4, lang:"ruby"](code/ruby/monte_carlo.rb)
{% sample lang="f90" %}
[import:1-8, lang:"fortran"](code/fortran/monte_carlo.f90)
{% sample lang="php" %}
[import:4-7, lang:"php"](code/php/monte_carlo.php)
{% sample lang="lua" %}
[import:1-3, lang="lua"](code/lua/monte_carlo.lua)
{% sample lang="racket" %}
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[import, lang:"ruby"](code/ruby/monte_carlo.rb)
{% sample lang="f90" %}
[import, lang:"fortran"](code/fortran/monte_carlo.f90)
{% sample lang="php" %}
[import, lang:"php"](code/php/monte_carlo.php)
{% sample lang="lua" %}
[import, lang="lua"](code/lua/monte_carlo.lua)
{% sample lang="racket" %}
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