Re: Removeing duplicates inside for/foreach loop.

On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 12:50 PM, Niccolo Machiavelli <php.coder@tx.rr.com> wrote: > $array = array( > > 1 => array("order_number" => "10DA0DDEDAF97DB", > "order_payment_first_name" > => "Mike", "order_payment_last_name" => "Smith"), > > 2 => array("order_number" => "10DA0DDEDAF97DB", > "order_payment_first_name" > => "Mike", "order_payment_last_name" => "Smith"), > > 3 => array("order_number" => "45Y3453245T23T5", > "order_payment_first_name" > => "Steve", "order_payment_last_name" => "Jobs"), > > 4 => array("order_number" => "34RTB345T45T456", > "order_payment_first_name" > => "Frank", "order_payment_last_name" => "Capra"), > > 5 => array("order_number" => "567U457645645Y6", > "order_payment_first_name" > => "John", "order_payment_last_name" => "Doe"), > > 6 => array("order_number" => "7698234T456M963", > "order_payment_first_name" > => "Bill", "order_payment_last_name" => "Williams")); > > > > echo('<pre>'); > > print_r($array); > > echo('</pre>'); > > > > My question is I want to remove duplicate order numbers in other words ditch > *one* of the Mike Smith rows there's a duplicate order number there. > > And I need to do it in either a for/foreach loop. Somehow there's got to be > a simple way to check and only output non duplicate order numbers while I'm > looping thru the data. Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > > > > > Thanks > > php.code@tx.rr.com > > Would it be possible to leave them out in your original query?