Various incomplete solutions

ProjectEuler/029/desc.yml

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+title: How many distinct terms are in the sequence generated by a^b for 2 <= a <= 100 and 2 <= b <= 100?
+url: http://projecteuler.net/problem=29
+
+desc: |
+  Consider all integer combinations of a^b for 2 <= a  5 and 2 <= b <= 5:
+  2^2=4, 2^3=8, 2^4=16, 2^5=32
+  3^2=9, 3^3=27, 3^4=81, 3^5=243
+  4^2=16, 4^3=64, 4^4=256, 4^5=1024
+  5^2=25, 5^3=125, 5^4=625, 5^5=3125
+  If they are then placed in numerical order, with any repeats removed, we get the following sequence of 15 distinct terms:
+  4, 8, 9, 16, 25, 27, 32, 64, 81, 125, 243, 256, 625, 1024, 3125
+  How many distinct terms are in the sequence generated by a^b for 2 <= a <= 100 and 2 <= b <= 100?
+solution: Bruteforce
+solutions:
+  solve.php:
+    desc: Basic Solution - needs BCMath
+    language: php
+  solve.rb:
+    desc: Basic solution
+    language: ruby

ProjectEuler/029/solve.php

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+<?php
+define('A_START',2);
+define('A_END',100);
+define('B_START',2);
+define('B_END',100);
+
+for($a=A_START;$a<=A_END;$a++) {
+	for($b=B_START;$b<=B_END;$b++) {
+		$array[] = bcpow($a,$b);
+	}
+}
+echo count(array_unique($array));

ProjectEuler/029/solve.rb

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+
+MAX = 6*9**5
+value = 2;
+total = 0;
+for value in (2..MAX) do 
+	a = 0
+	
+end
+while($value<354294) {
+	$a = 0;
+	for($t=0;$t<strlen($value);$t++) {
+		$a += pow(substr((string)$value,$t,1),5);
+	}
+	
+	
+	if($value == $a) { $total += $value;}
+	
+$value++;
+}
+echo $total;
+