I have couple of arrays like this
$arrayOne = array (
"name" => 'john',
"position" => 'instructor',
"hired" => '2010',
"department" => 'math',
);
$arrayTwo = array (
"name" => 'smith',
"position" => 'instructor',
"hired" => '2010',
"department" => 'math',
);
$arrayThree = array (
"name" => 'dave',
"position" => 'instructor',
"hired" => '2009',
"department" => 'math',
);
how can I check if these arrays all have the same hired date?
one way would be compare each individual one:
if($arrayOne['hired'] === $arrayTwo['hired']) & if($arrayOne['hired'] === $arrayThree['hired']) & ...
but is there a cleaner way to do this?
CodePudding user response:
Your initial question and subsequent comment are similar but they are attempting to do different things with the data, with different outcomes. The initial as-asked was:
how can I check if these arrays all have the same hired date
And that can be done with the following:
var_dump(count(array_unique(array_column([$arrayOne, $arrayTwo, $arrayThree], 'hired'))));
// or
$combined = [$arrayOne, $arrayTwo, $arrayThree];
$hiredValues = array_column($combined, 'hired');
$hiredValuesUnique = array_unique($hiredValues);
$length = count($hiredValuesUnique);
var_dump($length);
If the count
is 1
, they are the same, otherwise they aren't.
But, your follow-up comment was
how can I know which ones are the same
To do that, I'd create a new array that is keyed by that value, and foreach
over the source arrays, effectively grouping similar ones for you to further act up.
$final = [];
foreach([$arrayOne, $arrayTwo, $arrayThree] as $array){
if(!array_key_exists($array['hired'], $final)){
$final[$array['hired']] = [];
}
$final[$array['hired']][] = $array;
}
var_dump($final);
Which produces:
array(2) {
[2010]=>
array(2) {
[0]=>
array(4) {
["name"]=>
string(4) "john"
["position"]=>
string(10) "instructor"
["hired"]=>
string(4) "2010"
["department"]=>
string(4) "math"
}
[1]=>
array(4) {
["name"]=>
string(5) "smith"
["position"]=>
string(10) "instructor"
["hired"]=>
string(4) "2010"
["department"]=>
string(4) "math"
}
}
[2009]=>
array(1) {
[0]=>
array(4) {
["name"]=>
string(4) "dave"
["position"]=>
string(10) "instructor"
["hired"]=>
string(4) "2009"
["department"]=>
string(4) "math"
}
}
}
CodePudding user response:
I have written the code below:
//Your data
$arrayOne = array (
"name" => 'john',
"position" => 'instructor',
"hired" => '2010',
"department" => 'math',
);
$arrayTwo = array (
"name" => 'smith',
"position" => 'instructor',
"hired" => '2010',
"department" => 'math',
);
$arrayThree = array (
"name" => 'dave',
"position" => 'instructor',
"hired" => '2009',
"department" => 'math',
);
function hiredIsTheSameEverywhere(...$arrays) : bool
{
return count(array_count_values(array_column($arrays, "hired"))) === 1;
}
function whereHiredIsTheSame(...$arrays) : array
{
$return = [];
$count = array_count_values(array_column($arrays, "hired"));
foreach($arrays as $array) {
if($count[$array['hired']] > 1) {
$return[$array['hired']][] = $array;
}
}
return $return;
}
//The output
var_dump(hiredIsTheSameEverywhere($arrayOne, $arrayTwo, $arrayThree));
var_dump(whereHiredIsTheSame($arrayOne, $arrayTwo, $arrayThree));
output:
bool(false)
array(1) {
[2010]=>
array(2) {
[0]=>
array(4) {
["name"]=>
string(4) "john"
["position"]=>
string(10) "instructor"
["hired"]=>
string(4) "2010"
["department"]=>
string(4) "math"
}
[1]=>
array(4) {
["name"]=>
string(5) "smith"
["position"]=>
string(10) "instructor"
["hired"]=>
string(4) "2010"
["department"]=>
string(4) "math"
}
}
}