Re: removing all duplicate values from an array
| From: | Mike Migurski | Date: | Thu, 30 Oct 2003 17:59:03 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: removing all duplicate values from an array | ||
| References: | 1 | Groups: | php.general |
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>I'm looking for a function that does almost the same as array_unique()
>
>But it must also delete the other duplicate entry.
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Untested pseudo-PHP follows -
$encountered_elements = array();
foreach($original_array as $key => $val)
if(in_array($val, $encountered_elements)) {
unset($original_array[$key]);
} else {
$encountered_elements[$key] = $val;
}
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