How to remove duplicate values from an array in PHP

Question

How can I remove duplicate values from an array in PHP?

Answer 1

Use array_values(array_unique($array));

array_unique: for unique array array_values: for reindexing

Answer 2

    if (@!in_array($classified->category,$arr)){        
                                    $arr[] = $classified->category;
                                 ?>

            <?php } endwhile; wp_reset_query(); ?>

first time check value in array and found same value ignore it

Answer 3

$arrDuplicate = array ("","",1,3,"",5);
 foreach(array_unique($arrDuplicate) as $v){
  if($v != "" ){$arrRemoved = $v;  }}
print_r($arrRemoved);

Answer 4

function arrayUnique($myArray)
{
    $newArray = Array();
    if (is_array($myArray))
    {
        foreach($myArray as $key=>$val)
        {
            if (is_array($val))
            {
                $val2 = arrayUnique($val);
            }
            else
            {
                $val2 = $val;
                $newArray=array_unique($myArray);
                $newArray=deleteEmpty($newArray);
                break;
            }
            if (!empty($val2))
            {
                $newArray[$key] = $val2;
            }
        }
    }
    return ($newArray);
}

function deleteEmpty($myArray)
{
    $retArray= Array();
    foreach($myArray as $key=>$val)
    {
        if (($key<>"") && ($val<>""))
        {
            $retArray[$key] = $val;
        }
    }
    return $retArray;
}

Answer 5

explode(",", implode(",", array_unique(explode(",", $YOUR_ARRAY))));

This will take care of key associations and serialize the keys for the resulting new array :-)

Answer 6

An alternative for array_unique() function..

Using Brute force algorithm

//[1] This our array with duplicated items

$matches = ["jorge","melvin","chelsy","melvin","jorge","smith"];

//[2] Container for the new array without any duplicated items

$arr = [];

//[3] get the length of the duplicated array and set it to the var len to be use for for loop

$len = count($matches);

//[4] If matches array key($i) current loop Iteration is not available in
//[4] the array $arr then push the current iteration key value of the matches[$i]
//[4] to the array arr.

for($i=0;$i

if(array_search($matches[$i], $arr) === false){

    array_push($arr,$matches[$i]);
}
}

//print the array $arr.
print_r($arr);

//Result: Array
(
[0] => jorge
[1] => melvin
[2] => chelsy
[3] => smith
)