<?php function is_arithmetic($arr) { $delta = $arr[1] - $arr[0]; for($index=0; $index<sizeof($arr)-1; $index++) { if (($arr[$index + 1] - $arr[$index]) != $delta) { return "Not an arithmetic sequence"; } } return "A arithmetic sequence"; } $my_arr1 = array(6, 7, 9, 11); $my_arr2 = array(5, 7, 9, 11); print_r(is_arithmetic($my_arr1)."\n"); print_r(is_arithmetic($my_arr2)."\n"); ?>