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array_count_values — Counts the occurrences of each distinct value in an array

Description

Parameters

array

The array of values to count

Return Values

Returns an associative array of values from array as keys and their count as value.

Examples

Example #1 array_count_values() example

<?php
$array = array(1, "hello", 1, "world", "hello");
print_r(array_count_values($array));
?>

The above example will output:

Array
(
    [1] => 2
    [hello] => 2
    [world] => 1
)

See Also

  • count() - Counts all elements in an array or in a Countable object
  • array_unique() - Removes duplicate values from an array
  • array_values() - Return all the values of an array
  • count_chars() - Return information about characters used in a string

Found A Problem?

sergolucky96 at gmail dot com

8 years ago

Simple way to find number of items with specific values in multidimensional array:

<?php

$list = [
  ['id' => 1, 'userId' => 5],
  ['id' => 2, 'userId' => 5],
  ['id' => 3, 'userId' => 6],
];
$userId = 5;

echo array_count_values(array_column($list, 'userId'))[$userId]; // outputs: 2
?>

rabies dot dostojevski at gmail dot com

19 years ago

I couldn't find a function for counting the values with case-insensitive matching, so I wrote a quick and dirty solution myself:

<pre><?php
function array_icount_values($array) {
    $ret_array = array();
    foreach($array as $value) {
        foreach($ret_array as $key2 => $value2) {
            if(strtolower($key2) == strtolower($value)) {
                $ret_array[$key2]++;
                continue 2;
            }
        }
        $ret_array[$value] = 1;
    }
    return $ret_array;
}

$ar = array('J. Karjalainen', 'J. Karjalainen', 60, '60', 'J. Karjalainen', 'j. karjalainen', 'Fastway', 'FASTWAY', 'Fastway', 'fastway', 'YUP');
$ar2 = array_count_values($ar); // Normal matching
$ar = array_icount_values($ar); // Case-insensitive matching
print_r($ar2);
print_r($ar);
?></pre>

This prints:

Array
(
    [J. Karjalainen] => 3
    [60] => 2
    [j. karjalainen] => 1
    [Fastway] => 2
    [FASTWAY] => 1
    [fastway] => 1
    [YUP] => 1
)
Array
(
    [J. Karjalainen] => 4
    [60] => 2
    [Fastway] => 4
    [YUP] => 1
)

I don't know how efficient it is, but it seems to work. Needed this function in one of my scripts and thought I would share it.

szczepan.krolgmail.c0m

16 years ago

Here is a Version with one or more arrays, which have similar values in it:
Use $lower=true/false to ignore/set case Sensitiv.

<?php

$ar1[] = array("red","green","yellow","blue");
$ar1[] = array("green","yellow","brown","red","white","yellow");
$ar1[] = array("red","green","brown","blue","black","yellow");
#$ar1= array("red","green","brown","blue","black","red","green"); // Possible with one or multiple Array

$res = array_icount_values ($ar1);
print_r($res);

function array_icount_values($arr,$lower=true) {
     $arr2=array();
     if(!is_array($arr['0'])){$arr=array($arr);}
     foreach($arr as $k=> $v){
      foreach($v as $v2){
      if($lower==true) {$v2=strtolower($v2);}
      if(!isset($arr2[$v2])){
          $arr2[$v2]=1;
      }else{
           $arr2[$v2]++;
           }
    }
    }
    return $arr2;
}
/*
Will print:
Array
(
    [red] => 3
    [green] => 3
    [yellow] => 4
    [blue] => 2
    [brown] => 2
    [white] => 1
    [black] => 1
)
*/
?>