array_count_values

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

    array_count_values — 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 ints 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

    Example #1 array_count_values() example

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

    The above example will output:

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

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