mcaskill / php-array-group-by
Groups an array by a given key.
Requires
- php: >=5.4.0
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Last update: 2024-09-06 19:56:45 UTC
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(PHP 5 >= 5.4)
array_group_by
— Groups an array by a given key.
Description
array|null array_group_by( array $array, mixed $key1 [, mixed $... ] )
Groups an array into arrays by a given $key
, or set of keys, shared between all array members.
Based on Jake Zatecky's array_group_by()
function.
This fork offers:
$key
parameter can be a closure
Parameters
$array
— The array to have grouping performed on.$key
— The key to group or split by. Can be a string, an integer, a float, or a callback. If the key is NULL, the iterated element is skipped. If the key is a callback, it must return a valid key from the array.string|int callback ( mixed $item )
...
— Additional keys for grouping the next set of sub-arrays.
Return Values
Returns a multidimensional array, with each dimension containing elements grouped by the passed key(s).
Errors/Exceptions
If $key
is not one of the accepted types E_USER_ERROR
will be thrown and NULL
returned.
Examples
Example #1 array_group_by() example
$records = [
[
"state" => "IN",
"city" => "Indianapolis",
"object" => "School bus"
],
[
"state" => "IN",
"city" => "Indianapolis",
"object" => "Manhole"
],
[
"state" => "IN",
"city" => "Plainfield",
"object" => "Basketball"
],
[
"state" => "CA",
"city" => "San Diego",
"object" => "Light bulb"
],
[
"state" => "CA",
"city" => "Mountain View",
"object" => "Space pen"
]
];
$grouped = array_group_by( $records, "state", "city" );
The above example will output:
Array
(
[IN] => Array
(
[Indianapolis] => Array
(
[0] => Array
(
[state] => IN
[city] => Indianapolis
[object] => School bus
)
[1] => Array
(
[state] => IN
[city] => Indianapolis
[object] => Manhole
)
)
[Plainfield] => Array
(
[0] => Array
(
[state] => IN
[city] => Plainfield
[object] => Basketball
)
)
)
[CA] => Array
(
[San Diego] => Array
(
[0] => Array
(
[state] => CA
[city] => San Diego
[object] => Light bulb
)
)
[Mountain View] => Array
(
[0] => Array
(
[state] => CA
[city] => Mountain View
[object] => Space pen
)
)
)
)
Installation
With Composer
$ composer require mcaskill/php-array-group-by
Without Composer
Why are you not using composer? Download Function.Array-Group-By.php
from the gist and save the file into your project path somewhere.