PHP Manual: Iteratively reduce the array to a single value using a callback function

Description

mixed array_reduce ( array $array , callable $callback [, mixed $initial = NULL ] )

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

mixed callback ( mixed $carry , mixed $item )

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.

Changelog

Version	Description
5.3.0	Changed `initial` to allow mixed, previously integer.

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"
?>

array_reduce

Description

Parameters

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Examples

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