Re: removing all duplicate values from an array

On Thursday 30 October 2003 20:37, Mike Migurski wrote: > >>I'm looking for a function that does almost the same as array_unique() > >> > >>But it must also delete the other duplicate entry. > > > ><snip> > > > >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; > > } > > Oops, that should have been: > > $encountered_elements = array(); > foreach($original_array as $key => $val) > if(in_array($val, $encountered_elements)) { > unset($original_array[$encountered_elements[$val]]); > } else { > $encountered_elements[$val] = $key; > } Hi, I edited it a bit to match my script and after some tweaks of my own code it started working :) Thanks, Allowee > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > michal migurski- contact info and pgp key: > sf/ca http://mike.teczno.com/contact.html