PHP Max Profit
function maxProfit(array $a): int
{
$price = $a[0];
$profit = 0;
foreach ($a as $v) {
$price = min($price, $v);
$profit = max($profit, $v - $price);
}
return $profit;
}
This tracks the lowest buy price seen so far and updates the best profit as it scans the prices once.