Array of size n, with one element n/2 times

Question

Given an array of n integers, where one element appears more than n/2 times. We need to find that element in linear time and constant extra space.

YAAQ: Yet another arra

Answer 1

in php---pls check if it's correct

function arrLeader( $A ){
$len = count($A);
$B = array();
$val=-1;
$counts = array_count_values(array); //return array with elements as keys and occurrences of each element as values
for($i=0;$i<$len;$i++){
    $val = $A[$i];
    if(in_array($val,$B,true)){//to avoid looping again and again
    }else{
     if($counts[$val]>$len/2){
      return $val;
     }
     array_push($B, $val);//to avoid looping again and again
    }
 }
 return -1;
}