PHP program to check whether the given number is prime or not

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The most important program asked in various interviews or technical tests:
Write a PHP program to check whether the given number is prime or not.




What is Prime number: the number which is divisible by 1 and itself only.


So, here is the Program to check whether the given number is prime or not.

<?php
// What is Prime number: the number which is divisible by 1 and itself only.
$n=6; // The number which we want to check if it is PRIME or NOT PRIME
$prime=true;
for($i=2;$i<$n;$i++){
if($n%$i == 0){
$prime = false; // If Number is divisible by the $i iteration, it is not prime
break;
}
}
if($prime){
echo "PRIME";
}else{
echo "NOT PRIME";
}

?>

Output:
NOT PRIME

// when we assign value to n is 5 then output will be PRIME
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