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Explore the essential PHP array functions that power your web development projects.

Learn how to filter, transform, compare, and manipulate arrays efficiently with this comprehensive guide.

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Array Filtering Functions Array Filtering Functions

  • array_filter: Filter the array based on a provided callback function.

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Array Key Transformation Functions Array Key Transformation Functions

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Array Comparison Functions Array Comparison Functions

  • array_diff_assoc: Compute the difference of arrays with additional key comparison.
  • array_diff_key: Compute the difference of arrays using keys for comparison.
  • array_diff_uassoc: Compute the difference of arrays with additional key comparison, using a user-defined key comparison function.
  • array_diff_ukey: Compute the difference of arrays using a user-defined key comparison function.
  • array_diff: Compute the difference of arrays.
  • array_intersect_assoc: Compute the intersection of arrays with additional key comparison.
  • array_intersect_key: Compute the intersection of arrays using keys for comparison.
  • array_intersect_uassoc: Compute the intersection of arrays with additional key comparison, using a user-defined key comparison function.
  • array_intersect_ukey: Compute the intersection of arrays using a user-defined key comparison function.
  • array_intersect: Compute the intersection of arrays.

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Array Key Functions Array Key Functions

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Array Transformation Functions Array Transformation Functions

  • array_map: Apply a callback function to all elements of an array.
  • array_merge_recursive: Merge multiple arrays recursively.
  • array_merge: Merge multiple arrays.
  • array_multisort: Sort multiple arrays, or multi-dimensional arrays, by one or more columns.
  • array_pad: Pad an array to a specified length with a specific value.
  • array_reverse: Reverse the order of elements in an array.
  • array_replace_recursive: Replace values in the first array with corresponding values from following arrays, recursively.
  • array_replace: Replace values in the first array with corresponding values from following arrays.

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Array Manipulation Functions Array Manipulation Functions

  • array_search: Search for a value in an array and return the corresponding key.
  • array_shift: Shift an element off the beginning of an array.
  • array_slice: Extract a portion of an array.
  • array_splice: Remove a portion of the array and replace it with something else.
  • array_sum: Calculate the sum of values in an array.
  • array_udiff_assoc: Compute the difference of arrays with additional key comparison, using a user-defined key comparison function.
  • array_udiff_uassoc: Compute the difference of arrays with additional key comparison, using user-defined key comparison functions.
  • array_udiff: Compute the difference of arrays using a user-defined comparison function.
  • array_uintersect_assoc: Compute the intersection of arrays with additional key comparison, using a user-defined key comparison function.
  • array_uintersect_uassoc: Compute the intersection of arrays with additional key comparison, using user-defined key comparison functions.
  • array_uintersect: Compute the intersection of arrays using a user-defined comparison function.
  • array_unique: Remove duplicate values from an array.
  • array_unshift: Prepend one or more elements to the beginning of an array.
  • array_values: Return all the values from an array.
  • array_walk_recursive: Apply a user-defined function recursively to every member of an array.
  • array_walk: Apply a user-defined function to every member of an array.

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Array Basic Functions Array Basic Functions

  • array: Create an array.
  • arsort: Sort an array in reverse order, maintaining key to index correlations.
  • asort: Sort an array in ascending order, maintaining key to index correlations.
  • compact: Create an array containing variables and their values.
  • count: Count the number of elements in an array.
  • current: Return the current element in an array.
  • end: Move the internal pointer to the last element of an array.
  • extract: Import variables into the current symbol table from an array.
  • in_array: Check if a value exists in an array.
  • key_exists: Alias for array_key_exists.
  • key: Fetch a key from an array.
  • krsort: Sort an array by key in reverse order.
  • ksort: Sort an array by key in ascending order.
  • list: Assign variables as if they were an array.
  • natcasesort: Sort an array using a case-insensitive natural order algorithm.
  • natsort: Sort an array using a natural order algorithm.
  • next: Advance the internal pointer of an array.
  • pos: Alias for current.
  • prev: Rewind the internal pointer of an array.
  • range: Create an array containing a range of elements.
  • reset: Reset the internal pointer of an array.
  • rsort: Sort an array in reverse order.
  • shuffle: Shuffle an array.
  • sizeof: Alias for count.
  • sort: Sort an array in ascending order.
  • uasort: Sort an array with a user-defined comparison function and maintain key to index correlations.
  • uksort: Sort an array by keys using a user-defined comparison function.
  • usort: Sort an array with a user-defined comparison function.