note 60420 added to function.array-diff
| From: | doug at NOSPAM dot thrutch dot co dot uk | Date: | Fri, 06 Jan 2006 12:22:04 +0000 |
| Subject: | note 60420 added to function.array-diff | ||
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After spending half an hour scratching my head wondering why this function wasn't working I
realised I had the arguments the wrong way round!
I needed to remove the contents of $array1 from $array2 so I tried:
<?php
$diff = array_diff($members1, $members2);
?>
WRONG!! A quick swap around and things worked smoothly...
<?php
$diff = array_diff($members2, $members1);
?>
Hope this saves someone a bit of bother
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