ECE made Easy: PHP Function array

Sunday 25 August 2013

PHP Function array_filter()

Syntax

array array_filter ( array $input [, callback $callback] );

Definition and Usage

Iterates over each value in the input array passing them to the callback function. If thecallback function returns true, the current value from input is returned into the result array. Array keys are preserved.

Paramters

Parameter	Description
input	The array to iterate over
callback	The callback function to use

If no callback is supplied, all entries of input equal to FALSE will be removed.

Return Values

Returns the filtered array.

Example

Try out following example:

<?php
function odd($var)
{
    return($var & 1);
}

function even($var)
{
    return(!($var & 1));
}

$array1 = array("a"=>1, "b"=>2, "c"=>3, "d"=>4, "e"=>5);
$array2 = array(6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12);

echo "Odd :\n";
print_r(array_filter($array1, "odd"));
echo "Even:\n";
print_r(array_filter($array2, "even"));
?>

This will produce following result:

Odd :
Array ( [a] => 1 [c] => 3 [e] => 5)
Even:
Array ( [0] => 6 [2] => 8 [4] => 10 [6] => 12)

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