$arr1 = array(50, 100, 100, 60, 50);
$arr2 = array(73, 70, 75, 72, 70);
function variance($arr) {
  $length = count($arr);
  if ($length == 0) {
    return array(0,0);
  }
  $average = array_sum($arr)/$length;
  $count = 0;
  foreach ($arr as $v) {
    $count += pow($average-$v, 2);
  }
  $variance = $count/$length;
  return array('variance' => $variance, 'square' => sqrt($variance), 'average' => $average);
}
print_r(variance($arr1));
print_r(variance($arr2));

Array
(
  [variance] => 536
  [square] => 23.15167380558
  [average] => 72
)
Array
(
  [variance] => 3.6
  [square] => 1.897366596101
  [average] => 72
)