Newbie here, so I have a problem with the array_intersect function. I am comparing two arrays with intersection but I get some results twice. For example: 2 arrays
$array1 = array(apple, orange, orange, apricot, melon, watermelon);
$array2 = array(apple, orange);
$result = array_intersect($array1, $array2);
This returns:
$result = array(apple, orange, orange);
But I want this:
$result = array(apple, orange);
I want this to return apple
and orange
ONCE each. Currently it returns apple, then orange, and then another orange. Am I missing something or am I simply using the wrong function.
edit: Based on the answers I have to clarify this. If the 2nd array is
$array1 = array(apple, orange, orange, apricot, melon, watermelon);
$array2 = array(apple, orange, orange);
I want the result to have 2 oranges, so array_unique
wont do it.
$result = array(apple, orange, orange);
Loop through first array. If second array has value put it to result and remove from second array.
$array1 = array('apple', 'orange', 'orange', 'apricot', 'melon', 'watermelon');
$array2 = array('apple', 'orange');
$array3 = array('apple', 'orange', 'orange');
function my_intersect($array1, $array2)
{
// array_walk($array1, 'sort');
// array_walk($array2, 'sort');
return array_filter($array1, function($item)use(&$array2)
{
if (($key = array_search($item, $array2)) !== false)
{
unset($array2[$key]);
return true;
}
return false;
});
}
var_dump(my_intersect($array1, $array2)); // 'apple', 'orange'
var_dump(my_intersect($array1, $array3)); // 'apple', 'orange', 'orange'
If you want only the results once, you have to filter them with array_unique(). array_intersection() only results what they have in common. And that's orange, in your case twice in $array1. The question is why are there two orange in $array1?
http://ch2.php.net/manual/en/function.array-unique.php
edit: This could work:
$array1 = array('apple', 'orange', 'orange', 'apricot', 'melon', 'watermelon');
$array2 = array('apple', 'orange');
$result = array_intersect($array1, $array2);
$diff = array_diff($result, $array2);
if(!empty($diff)) {
$result = array_unique($result);
}
try this
<?php
$array1 = array('apple', 'orange', 'orange', 'apricot', 'melon', 'watermelon');
$array2 = array('apple', 'orange');
$result = array_intersect($array1, $array2);
$result = array_unique($result);
?>
This is worked for me
$result = array_flip( array_flip( array_intersect($array1, $array2) ) );
May be you need something like this ? http://php.net/manual/en/function.array-intersect-assoc.php
$array1 = array('apple', 'orange', 'orange', 'apricot', 'melon', 'watermelon');
$array2 = array('apple', 'orange');
$array3 = array('apple', 'orange', 'orange');
var_dump(array_intersect_assoc($array1,$array2));
var_dump(array_intersect_assoc($array1,$array3));