array_unique
Removes duplicate values from an array
Description
array array_unique(array $array
, int $flags
= SORT_STRING
)
Note that keys are preserved. If multiple elements compare equal under
the given flags
, then the key and value of
the first equal element will be retained.
Note:
Two elements are considered equal if and only if
(string) $elem1 === (string) $elem2
i.e.
when the string representation is the same, the first element will be used.
Parameters
-
array
-
The input array.
-
flags
-
The optional second parameter flags
may be used to modify the comparison behavior using these values:
Comparison type flags:
-
SORT_REGULAR
- compare items normally
(don't change types)
-
SORT_NUMERIC
- compare items numerically
-
SORT_STRING
- compare items as strings
-
SORT_LOCALE_STRING
- compare items as
strings, based on the current locale.
Return Values
Returns the filtered array.
Examples
Example #1 array_unique example
<?php
$input = array("a" => "green", "red", "b" => "green", "blue", "red");
$result = array_unique($input);
print_r($result);
?>
The above example will output:
Array
(
[a] => green
[0] => red
[1] => blue
)
Example #2 array_unique and types
<?php
$input = array(4, "4", "3", 4, 3, "3");
$result = array_unique($input);
var_dump($result);
?>
The above example will output:
array(2) {
[0] => int(4)
[2] => string(1) "3"
}
Notes
Note:
Note that array_unique is not intended to
work on multi dimensional arrays.