PHP negatives keep adding

Question

I have this code here...

$remaining = 0;
foreach($clientArrayInvoice as $key=>$row){
            $remaining = $remaining + $row[\'total\'];   
}

Answer 1

This might help:

(-51.75) + (-17.85) = -69.60
(-51.75) - (-17.85) = -33.90

Assuming you always need to add the second number regardless of it's sign, you need to take the absolute value by using the PHP abs function with $row['total']:

$remaining = 0;
foreach($clientArrayInvoice as $key=>$row){
    $remaining = $remaining + abs($row['total']);   
}

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In response to what you updated in your question:

-33.90 is the value I am expecting because when its two negatives I would like to subtract, not add

This is pretty much what using the abs function does. I could rewrite the above code snippet as:

$remaining = 0;
foreach($clientArrayInvoice as $key=>$row) {
    if ($remaining >= 0) {
        $remaining = $remaining + abs($row['total']);   
    }
    else {
        $remaining = $remaining - abs($row['total']);   
    }
}

However, this does the exact same thing as simply using the PHP abs function, since you are always adding the magnitude of $row['total'] to $remaining.