Re: Counting number of value instances within an array
| From: | andrey | Date: | Fri, 26 Apr 2002 11:23:31 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Counting number of value instances within an array | ||
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array_count_values()
HTH
Best regards,
Andrey Hristov
----- Original Message -----
From: "Neil Freeman" <neil.freeman@asa.co.uk>
To: "PHP General" <php-general@lists.php.net>
Sent: Friday, April 26, 2002 1:24 PM
Subject: [PHP] Counting number of value instances within an array
> Hi guys,
>
> Is there a function I can use to count the number of instances of a
> value within an array. For example:
> $a[0] = "bob";
> $a[1] = "bob";
> $a[2] = "fred";
> $a[3] = "james";
> $a[4] = "bob";
> $a[5] = "carl";
>
> Searching for 'bob' would return 3.
>
> I've had a quick look through the array functions but didn't spot
> anything obvious.
>
> Neil
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