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array_intersect (PHP 4 >= 4.0.1, PHP 5) array_intersect -- Computes the intersection of arrays Descriptionarray array_intersect ( array array1, array array2 [, array ...] )
array_intersect() returns an array
containing all the values of array1
that are present in all the arguments.
Note that keys are preserved.
Example 1. array_intersect() example |
<?php
$array1 = array("a" => "green", "red", "blue");
$array2 = array("b" => "green", "yellow", "red");
$result = array_intersect($array1, $array2);
?>
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This makes $result have
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Array
(
[a] => green
[0] => red
)
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Note:
Two elements are considered equal if and only if
(string) $elem1 === (string) $elem2. In words:
when the string representation is the same.
See also array_intersect_assoc(),
array_diff(), and
array_diff_assoc().
User Contributed Notes
array_intersect
SETS INTERSECTION
18-May-2005 01:19
$a = array(1,2,3,4,5,2,6,1); /* repeated elements --> $a is not a set */
$b = array(0,2,4,6,8,5,7,9,2,1); /* repeated elements --> $b is not a set */
$ua = array_merge(array_unique($a)); /* now, $a is a set */
$ub = array_merge(array_unique($b)); /* now, $b is a set */
$intersect = array_merge(array_intersect($ua,$ub));
Note: 'array_merge' removes blank spaces in the arrays.
Note: order doesn't matter.
In one line:
$intersect_a_b = array_merge(array_intersect(array_merge(array_unique($a)), array_merge(array_unique($b))));
Additions/corrections wellcome...
gRiNgO
drew at iws dot co dot nz
21-Apr-2005 10:04
Just a handy tip.
If you want to produce an array from two seperate arrays on their intersects, here you go:
<?
$a = array("branches","E_SHOP");
$b = array("E_SHOP","Webdirector_1_0");
print join("/",array_merge(array_diff($a, $b), array_intersect($a, $b), array_diff($b, $a)));
?>
Gives you:
/branches/E_SHOP/Webdirectory_1_0
blu at dotgeek dot org
14-Oct-2004 07:34
Note that array_intersect and array_unique doesnt work well with multidimensional arrays.
If you have, for example,
<?php
$orders_today[0] = array('John Doe', 'PHP Book');
$orders_today[1] = array('Jack Smith', 'Coke');
$orders_yesterday[0] = array('Miranda Jones', 'Digital Watch');
$orders_yesterday[1] = array('John Doe', 'PHP Book');
$orders_yesterday[2] = array('Zé da Silva', 'BMW Car');
?>
and wants to know if the same person bought the same thing today and yesterday and use array_intersect($orders_today, $orders_yesterday) you'll get as result:
<?php
Array
(
[0] => Array
(
[0] => John Doe
[1] => PHP Book
)
[1] => Array
(
[0] => Jack Smith
[1] => Coke
)
)
?>
but we can get around that by serializing the inner arrays:
<?php
$orders_today[0] = serialize(array('John Doe', 'PHP Book'));
$orders_today[1] = serialize(array('Jack Smith', 'Coke'));
$orders_yesterday[0] = serialize(array('Miranda Jones', 'Digital Watch'));
$orders_yesterday[1] = serialize(array('John Doe', 'PHP Book'));
$orders_yesterday[2] = serialize(array('Zé da Silva', 'Uncle Tungsten'));
?>
so that array_map("unserialize", array_intersect($orders_today, $orders_yesterday)) will return:
<?php
Array
(
[0] => Array
(
[0] => John Doe
[1] => PHP Book
)
)
?>
showing us who bought the same thing today and yesterday =)
[]s
tompittlik at disfinite dot net
24-Jun-2004 08:27
Just a small mod to ben's code to make it work properly:
<?php
if(sort(array_unique($b + $a)) === sort($b))
}
?>
This is useful for checking for illegal characters in a username.
t dot wiltzius at insightbb dot com
23-Jun-2004 11:33
I needed to compare an array with associative keys to an array that contained some of the keys to the associative array. Basically, I just wanted to return only a few of the entries in the original array, and the keys to the entries I wanted were stored in another array. This is pretty straightforward (although complicated to explain), but I couldn't find a good function for comparing values to keys. So I wrote this relatively straightforward one:
<?php
function key_values_intersect($values,$keys) {
foreach($keys AS $key) {
$key_val_int[$key] = $values[$key];
}
return $key_val_int;
}
$big = array("first"=>2,"second"=>7,"third"=>3,"fourth"=>5);
$subset = array("first","third");
print_r(key_values_intersect($big,$subset));
?>
This will return:
Array ( [first] => 2 [third] => 3 )
anbolb at boltblue dot com
09-Jan-2004 03:11
This is also handy for testing an array for one of a series of acceptable elements. As a simple example, if you're expecting the query string to contain one of, say, user_id, order_id or item_id, to find out which one it is you could do this:
<?php
$valid_ids = array ('user_id', 'item_id', 'order_id');
if ($id = current (array_intersect ($valid_ids, array_keys ($_GET))))
{
}
else
?>
...which could be useful for constructing an SQL query, or some other situation where testing for them one by one might be too clumsy.
ben at kazez dot com
09-Dec-2003 12:49
To check whether an array $a is a subset of array $b, do the following:
<?php
if(array_unique($b + $a) === $b)
?>
Actually, PHP ought to have a function that does this for you. But the above example works.
Alessandro Ranellucci alex at primafila dot net
16-Jul-2003 08:35
array_intersect($array1, $array2);
returns the same as:
array_diff($array1, array_diff($array1, $array2));
"inerte" is my hotmail.com username
26-Jun-2003 05:50
If you have a slow database query that uses JOIN, try to array_intersect() the table records.
I hung up my server countless times before using this function. Simple select from one table and put the records in an array ($records_1), then select records from any other table and put them in another array($records_2).
array_intersect() will emulate a JOIN for you.
<?php
$emulated_join = array_intersect($records_1, $records_2);
?>
Remember to test if it really offers a speed improvement, your mileage may vary (database type, hardware, version, etc...)
You could also emulate a JOIN from two text files, reading each line with the file() function.
david at audiogalaxy dot com
09-Apr-2001 06:54
Note that array_intersect() considers the type of the array elements when it compares them.
If array_intersect() doesn't appear to be working, check your inputs using var_dump() to make sure you're not trying to intersect an array of integers with an array of strings.
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