Syntax:array array_filter ($array, $callback_function, $flag)
Parameters : the function takes three parameters, of which one is required and the other two are optional. $array(required): refers to the input array, for which the filtering operation should be performed. $callback_function(optional): refers to a user-defined function. If the function is not specified, then all array entries that are FALSE will be removed. $flag(optional): refers to the arguments passed to the callback function. - ARRAY_FILTER_USE_KEY - passes the key as the only argument to the callback function instead of the array value.
- ARRAY_FILTER_USE_BOTH - passes the value and key as arguments to the callback instead of the value.
Return value : The function returns a filtered array. Below is a program showing how to return or filter even elements from an array using the array_filter() function.
// PHP function for checking even elements in an array function Even ( $array ) { // returns if the input integer is even if ( $array % 2 == 0) return TRUE; else return FALSE; } $array = array ( 12, 0, 0, 18, 27, 0, 46); print_r ( array_filter ( $array , "Even" ));
?> Output:Array ([ 0] = > 12 [1] = > 0 [2] = > 0 [3] = > 18 [5] = > 0 [6] = > 46)
B For this example, we will not pass a callback function and see the output. We will see that 0 or fake elements do not print:
// PHP function to check for even elements in an array function Even ( $array ) { // returns if the input is an integer even if ( $array % 2 == 0) return TRUE; else return FALSE; } $array = array ( 12, 0, 0, 18, 27, 0, 46); print_r ( array_filter ( $array ));
?> Output:Array ([ 0] = > 12 [3] = > 18 [4] = > 27 [6] = > 46)
Link : http://php.net/manual/en/function.array-filter.php
