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array_count_values

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(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

Counts the occurrences of each distinct value in an array

Description

array_count_values(array $array): array

array_count_values() returns an array using the values of array (which must be Integers or Strings) as keys and their frequency in array as values.

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.

Errors/Exceptions

Throws E_WARNING for every element which is not string or int.

Examples

array_count_values() example

php

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

The above example will output:

output

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