array_reduce
(PHP 4 >= 4.0.5, PHP 5, PHP 7)
array_reduce — Iteratively reduce the array to a single value using a callback function
Description
array_reduce ( array $array , callable $callback [, mixed $initial = null ] ) : mixed
array_reduce() applies iteratively the callback
function to the elements of the array
, so as to reduce the array to a single value.
Parameters
-
array
-
The input array.
-
callback
-
callback ( mixed $carry , mixed $item ) : mixed
-
carry
-
Holds the return value of the previous iteration; in the case of the first iteration it instead holds the value of
initial
. -
item
-
Holds the value of the current iteration.
-
-
initial
-
If the optional
initial
is available, it will be used at the beginning of the process, or as a final result in case the array is empty.
Return Values
Returns the resulting value.
If the array is empty and initial
is not passed, array_reduce() returns null
.
Examples
Example #1 array_reduce() example
<?php function sum($carry, $item) { $carry += $item; return $carry; } function product($carry, $item) { $carry *= $item; return $carry; } $a = array(1, 2, 3, 4, 5); $x = array(); var_dump(array_reduce($a, "sum")); // int(15) var_dump(array_reduce($a, "product", 10)); // int(1200), because: 10*1*2*3*4*5 var_dump(array_reduce($x, "sum", "No data to reduce")); // string(17) "No data to reduce" ?>
See Also
- array_filter() - Filters elements of an array using a callback function
- array_map() - Applies the callback to the elements of the given arrays
- array_unique() - Removes duplicate values from an array
- array_count_values() - Counts all the values of an array
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