Simple key white-list filter:
<?php
$arr = array('a' => 123, 'b' => 213, 'c' => 321);
$allowed = array('b', 'c');
print_r(array_intersect_key($arr, array_flip($allowed)));
?>
Will return:
Array
(
[b] => 213
[c] => 321
)
(PHP 5 >= 5.1.0, PHP 7)
array_intersect_key — Computes the intersection of arrays using keys for comparison
$array1
, array $array2
[, array $...
] )
array_intersect_key() returns an array
containing all the entries of array1
which have keys that are present in all the arguments.
array1The array with master keys to check.
array2An array to compare keys against.
...A variable list of arrays to compare.
Returns an associative array containing all the entries of
array1 which have keys that are present in all
arguments.
Example #1 array_intersect_key() example
<?php
$array1 = array('blue' => 1, 'red' => 2, 'green' => 3, 'purple' => 4);
$array2 = array('green' => 5, 'blue' => 6, 'yellow' => 7, 'cyan' => 8);
var_dump(array_intersect_key($array1, $array2));
?>
The above example will output:
array(2) {
["blue"]=>
int(1)
["green"]=>
int(3)
}
In our example you see that only the keys 'blue'
and 'green' are present in both arrays and thus
returned. Also notice that the values for the keys
'blue' and 'green' differ between
the two arrays. A match still occurs because only the keys are checked.
The values returned are those of array1.
The two keys from the key => value pairs are considered equal only if (string) $key1 === (string) $key2 . In other words a strict type check is executed so the string representation must be the same.
Simple key white-list filter:
<?php
$arr = array('a' => 123, 'b' => 213, 'c' => 321);
$allowed = array('b', 'c');
print_r(array_intersect_key($arr, array_flip($allowed)));
?>
Will return:
Array
(
[b] => 213
[c] => 321
)
I have found the following helpful:
<?PHP
function array_merge_default($default, $data) {
$intersect = array_intersect_key($data, $default); //Get data for which a default exists
$diff = array_diff_key($default, $data); //Get defaults which are not present in data
return $diff + $intersect; //Arrays have different keys, return the union of the two
}
?>
It's use is like both of the functions it uses, but keeps defaults and _only_ defaults. It's designed for key arrays, and i'm not sure how it will work on numeric indexed arrays.
Example:
<?PHP
$default = array(
"one" => 1,
"two" => 2
);
$untrusted = array(
"one" => 42,
"three" => 3
);
var_dump(array_merge_default($default, $untrusted));
array(2) {
["two"]=>
int(2)
["one"]=>
int(42)
}
?>
Note that the order of the keys in the returned array is the same as the order of the keys in the source array. eg:
<?php
$array = array(
'two' => 'a',
'three' => 'b',
'one' => 'c',
);
$keyswant = array(
'one' => '',
'three' => '',
);
print_r(array_intersect_key($array, $keyswant));
?>
Shows:
Array
(
[three] => b
[one] => c
)
If you want an array that has no key value pairs added from the second array:
$new = array_intersect_key($b, $a) + $a;
Here is a better way to merge settings using some defaults as a whitelist.
<?php
$defaults = [
'id' => 123456,
'client_id' => null,
'client_secret' => null,
'options' => [
'trusted' => false,
'active' => false
]
];
$options = [
'client_id' => 789,
'client_secret' => '5ebe2294ecd0e0f08eab7690d2a6ee69',
'client_password' => '5f4dcc3b5aa765d61d8327deb882cf99', // ignored
'client_name' => 'IGNORED', // ignored
'options' => [
'active' => true
]
];
var_dump(
array_merge_recursive($defaults,
array_intersect_key(
$options, $defaults
)
)
);
?>
Output:
array (size=4)
'id' => int 123456
'client_id' => int 789
'client_secret' => string '5ebe2294ecd0e0f08eab7690d2a6ee69' (length=32)
'options' =>
array (size=2)
'trusted' => boolean false
'active' => boolean true
Regarding php at keithtylerdotcom solution to emulate
<?php
$z = someFuncReturningAnArray()['some_key'];
?>
His recommended solution will still return an array. To get the value of a single key in an array returned by a function, simply add implode() to the recipe:
<?php
function someFuncReturningAnArray() {
return array(
'a' => 'b',
'c' => 'd',
'e' => 'f',
'g' => 'h',
'i' => 'j'
);
}
//traditional way
$temp = someFuncReturningAnArray();
$b = $temp['a'];
echo print_r($b, 1) . "\n----------\n";
//keithtylerdotcom one-line method
$b = array_intersect_key(someFuncReturningAnArray(), array('a'=>''));
echo print_r($b, 1) . "\n----------\n";
//better one line method
$b = implode('', array_intersect_key(someFuncReturningAnArray(), array('a'=>'')));
echo print_r($b, 1) . "\n----------\n";
?>
Just a simple script if you want to use one array, which contains only zeros and ones, as mask for another one (both arrays must have the same size of course). $outcome is an array that contains only those values from $source where $mask is equal to 1.
<?php
$outcome = array_values(array_intersect_key( array_values($source), array_filter(array_values($mask)) ));
?>
PS: the array_values() function is necessary to ensure that both arrays have the same numbering/keys, otherwise your masking does not behave as you expect.
Enjoy!
Jesse: no, array_intersect_key does not accomplish the same thing as what you posted:
array_flip (array_intersect (array_flip ($a), array_flip ($b)))
because when the array is flipped, values become keys. having duplicate values is not a problem, but having duplicate keys is. array_flip resolves it by keeping only one of the duplicates and discarding the rest. by the time you start intersecting, you've already lost information.
This functionality is now implemented in the PEAR package PHP_Compat.
More information about using this function without upgrading your version of PHP can be found on the below link:
http://pear.php.net/package/PHP_Compat
Here it is a more obvious way to implement the function:
if (!function_exists('array_intersect_key')) {
function array_intersect_key()
{
$arrs = func_get_args();
$result = array_shift($arrs);
foreach ($arrs as $array) {
foreach ($result as $key => $v) {
if (!array_key_exists($key, $array)) {
unset($result[$key]);
}
}
}
return $result;
}
}
in case you came here looking for a function that returns an array containing the values of `all` arrays with intersecting keys:
<?php
function array_merge_on_key($key, $array1, $array2) {
$arrays = array_slice(func_get_args(), 1);
$r = array();
foreach($arrays as &$a) {
if(array_key_exists($key, $a)) {
$r[] = $a[$key];
continue;
}
}
return $r;
}
// example:
$array1 = array("id" => 12, "name" => "Karl");
$array2 = array("id" => 4, "name" => "Franz");
$array3 = array("id" => 9, "name" => "Helmut");
$array4 = array("id" => 10, "name" => "Kurt");
$result = array_merge_on_key("id", $array1, $array2, $array3, $array4);
echo implode(",", $result); // => 12,4,9,10
?>
<?php
/**
* calculates intersection of two arrays like array_intersect_key but recursive
*
* @param array/mixed master array
* @param array array that has the keys which should be kept in the master array
* @return array/mixed cleand master array
*/
function myIntersect($master, $mask) {
if (!is_array($master)) { return $master; }
foreach ($master as $k=>$v) {
if (!isset($mask[$k])) { unset ($master[$k]); continue; } // remove value from $master if the key is not present in $mask
if (is_array($mask[$k])) { $master[$k] = $this->myIntersect($master[$k], $mask[$k]); } // recurse when mask is an array
// else simply keep value
}
return $master;
}
?>
Here is a faster version than those shown below, with optimisation for the case when only two arrays are passed. In my tests with a 10000 item first array and a 5000 item second array (run 20 times) this function ran in 1.89 seconds compared with 2.66 for the version posted by dak. For a three array case, same as above but with the third array containing 3333 values, the timing is 3.25 for this version compared with 3.7 for dak's version.
<?php
if (!function_exists('array_intersect_key'))
{
function array_intersect_key($isec, $keys)
{
$argc = func_num_args();
if ($argc > 2)
{
for ($i = 1; !empty($isec) && $i < $argc; $i++)
{
$arr = func_get_arg($i);
foreach (array_keys($isec) as $key)
{
if (!isset($arr[$key]))
{
unset($isec[$key]);
}
}
}
return $isec;
}
else
{
$res = array();
foreach (array_keys($isec) as $key)
{
if (isset($keys[$key]))
{
$res[$key] = $isec[$key];
}
}
return $res;
}
}
}
?>