Array mapping in PHP with keys

Question

Just for curiosity (I know it can be a single line foreach statement), is there some PHP array function (or a combination of many) that given an array like:

Array (
    [0] => stdClass Object (
        [id] => 12
        [name] => Lorem
        [email] => lorem@example.org
    )
    [1] => stdClass Object (
        [id] => 34
        [name] => Ipsum
        [email] => ipsum@example.org
    )
)

And, given 'id' and 'name', produces something like:

Array (
    [12] => Lorem
    [34] => Ipsum
)

I use this pattern a lot, and I noticed that array_map is quite useless in this scenario cause you can't specify keys for returned array.

array_map can take a custom function, and you can use that to specify the array keys. — Ariel, Aug 21 '12 at 08:36
@Ariel How? I can't find a way to specify keys for `array_map` **returned** array. — lorenzo-s, Aug 21 '12 at 08:48
@lorenzo-s In the callback, output the array with the keys you need. — Ariel, Aug 21 '12 at 08:53
@Ariel Ok, but `$out = array_map(function($o) { return array($o->id => $o->v); }, $objects);` returns and array of arrays... Maybe there's a function that has to wrap this "first" result? — lorenzo-s, Aug 21 '12 at 08:59
This does the trick: return array_reduce($options, function(&$r, $x){ $r[$x->property] = $x->property2; return $r;}); — Arnold Roa, Nov 20 '14 at 19:53
You can use array_column($arr, 'name', 'id'); you can also see in my answer for more details — Sachin Sarola, Aug 26 '22 at 04:53

score 29 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 08 '12 at 13:52

Just use array_reduce:

$obj1 = new stdClass;
$obj1 -> id = 12;
$obj1 -> name = 'Lorem';
$obj1 -> email = 'lorem@example.org';

$obj2 = new stdClass;
$obj2 -> id = 34;
$obj2 -> name = 'Ipsum';
$obj2 -> email = 'ipsum@example.org';

$reduced = array_reduce(
    // input array
    array($obj1, $obj2),
    // fold function
    function(&$result, $item){ 
        // at each step, push name into $item->id position
        $result[$item->id] = $item->name;
        return $result;
    },
    // initial fold container [optional]
    array()
);

It's a one-liner out of comments ^^

score 5 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 21 '12 at 09:07

5

I found I can do:

array_combine(array_map(function($o) { return $o->id; }, $objs), array_map(function($o) { return $o->name; }, $objs));

But it's ugly and requires two whole cycles on the same array.

answered Aug 21 '12 at 09:07

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You should probably do this manually (i.e. a `foreach` loop) - it'll likely be faster than this. – Ariel Aug 23 '12 at 21:54

Sachin Sarola · Answer 3 · 2022-08-26T04:50:27.420

4

The easiest way is to use an array_column()

$result_arr = array_column($arr, 'name', 'id');
print_r($result_arr );

Out Put

Array (
    [12] => Lorem
    [34] => Ipsum
)

edited Aug 26 '22 at 04:50

answered Sep 26 '19 at 08:22

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Jun 04 '15 at 13:52

The easiest way is to use a LINQ port like YaLinqo library*. It allows performing SQL-like queries on arrays and objects. Its toDictionary function accepts two callbacks: one returning key of the result array, and one returning value. For example:

$userNamesByIds = from($users)->toDictionary(
    function ($u) { return $u->id; },
    function ($u) { return $u->name; }
);

Or you can use a shorter syntax using strings, which is equivalent to the above version:

$userNamesByIds = from($users)->toDictionary('$v->id', '$v->name');

If the second argument is omitted, objects themselves will be used as values in the result array.

_{* developed by me}

Josua Marcel C · Answer 5 · 2012-09-08T13:37:21.990

Because your array is array of object then you can call (its like a variable of class) try to call with this:

 foreach ($arrays as $object) {
    Echo $object->id;
    Echo "<br>";
    Echo $object->name;
    Echo "<br>";
    Echo $object->email;
    Echo "<br>";
 }

Then you can do

 // your array of object example $arrays;
 $result = array();
 foreach ($arrays as $array) {
       $result[$array->id] = $array->name;
 }

   echo "<pre>";
   print_r($result);
   echo "</pre>";

Sorry I'm answering on handphone. Can't edit the code

Array mapping in PHP with keys

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