One of the ways to get intersection of two arrays is as follows:
<?php
function arrayIntersect( $primary_array, $secondary_array ) {
if ( !is_array( $primary_array ) || !is_array( $secondary_array ) ) {
return false;
}
if ( !empty( $primary_array ) ) {
foreach( $primary_array as $key => $value ) {
if ( !isset( $secondary_array[$key] ) ) {
unset( $primary_array[$key] );
} else {
if ( serialize( $secondary_array[$key] ) != serialize( $value ) ) {
unset( $primary_array[$key] );
}
}
}
return $primary_array;
} else {
return array();
}
}
?>
It would pay attention to both keys and values even if values would be arrays as well. One important note is that if value of $primary_array is yet another array, its order of key & value pairs becomes important for matching.
array_intersect_assoc
(PHP 4 >= 4.3.0, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)
array_intersect_assoc — Computes the intersection of arrays with additional index check
Description
array_intersect_assoc() returns an array
containing all the values of array
that are present in all the arguments. Note that the keys are also used in
the comparison unlike in array_intersect().
Parameters
-
array -
The array with master values to check.
-
arrays -
Arrays to compare values against.
Return Values
Returns an associative array containing all the values in
array that are present in all of the arguments.
Changelog
| Version | Description |
|---|---|
| 8.0.0 | This function can now be called with only one parameter. Formerly, at least two parameters have been required. |
Examples
Example #1 array_intersect_assoc() example
<?php
$array1 = array("a" => "green", "b" => "brown", "c" => "blue", "red");
$array2 = array("a" => "green", "b" => "yellow", "blue", "red");
$result_array = array_intersect_assoc($array1, $array2);
print_r($result_array);
?>The above example will output:
Array
(
[a] => green
)
In our example you see that only the pair "a" =>
"green" is present in both arrays and thus is returned.
The value "red" is not returned because in
$array1 its key is 0 while
the key of "red" in $array2 is
1, and the key "b" is not returned
because its values are different in each array.
The two values from the key => value pairs are
considered equal only if
(string) $elem1 === (string) $elem2 . In other words
a strict type check is executed so the string representation must be
the same.
See Also
- array_intersect() - Computes the intersection of arrays
- array_uintersect_assoc() - Computes the intersection of arrays with additional index check, compares data by a callback function
- array_intersect_uassoc() - Computes the intersection of arrays with additional index check, compares indexes by a callback function
- array_uintersect_uassoc() - Computes the intersection of arrays with additional index check, compares data and indexes by separate callback functions
- array_diff() - Computes the difference of arrays
- array_diff_assoc() - Computes the difference of arrays with additional index check
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User Contributed Notes 4 notes
Whitend ¶
12 years ago
vandor at progressive dot hu ¶
19 years ago
# ket tomb kulcs alapu metszetet szamitja ki, az erteken is ellenorzest vegez
#
# calculating (key base) intersection of arrays (value are checked)
# use: $result_array = array_intersect_assoc($a1, $a2, $a3,..);
#
##
# original code by [jochem at iamjochem dawt com] : array_diff_keys()
<?php
function array_intersect_assoc() {
$args = func_get_args();
$res = $args[0];
for ($i=1;$i<count($args);$i++) {
if (!is_array($args[$i])) {continue;}
foreach ($res as $key => $data) {
if ( (!array_key_exists($key, $args[$i])) || ( (isset($args[$i][$key])) && ($args[$i][$key] !== $res[$key]) ) ) {
unset($res[$key]);
}
}
}
return $res;
}
?>
<?php
$array1 = array("a"=>"green", "b"=>"brown", "c"=>"blue", "red");
$array2 = array("a"=>"green", "b"=>"yellow", "c"=>"yellow", "red");
$a = array('a'=>'green', 'b'=>'brown', 'c'=>'yellow');
$b = array('a'=>'green', 'b'=>'brown', 'c'=>'yellow', 'e'=>'yellow');
$result_array = array_intersect_assoc($a, $b, $array1, $array2);
?>
$args array will look like:
(
0 =>
(
a => green
b => brown
c => yellow
)
1 =>
(
a => green
b => brown
c => yellow
e => yellow
)
2 =>
(
a => green
b => brown
c => blue
0 => red
)
3 =>
(
a => green
b => yellow
c => yellow
0 => red
)
)
$result_array will look like:
(
a => green
)
StR: str at strgt dot cjb dot net ¶
19 years ago
To find the keys that are in 2 arrays, without caring of the values:
This is a function i needed, and it also returns the values of the first array
<?php
function array_key_intersect(&$a, &$b) {
$array = array();
while (list($key,$value) = each($a)) {
if (isset($b[$key]))
$array[$key] = $value;
}
return $array;
}
?>
Jim Yaghi ¶
7 years ago
Remember, null values will be interpreted as, "key does not exist." eg,
$a = ['apples' => 1, 'oranges' => 2, 'turtles' => null, 'bananas'=>4];
$b = ['apples'=>10, 'turtles' => 11, 'eggs'=>12];
$c = array_intersect_assoc($b,$a);
You might have expected $c to contain:
['oranges' => 10, 'turtles' => 11]
In fact, 'turtles' has a null value in the $a array, therefore the $c array contains only:
['oranges' => 10]
Something to keep in mind if using array_intersect_assoc to filter valid entries, eg in a mySQL insertion pre-processing or nerdy API that doesn't like extra params.
