<?php
// Array representing a possible record set returned from a database
$records = array(
    array(
        'id' => 2135,
        'first_name' => 'John',
        'last_name' => 'Doe',
    ),
    array(
        'id' => 3245,
        'first_name' => 'Sally',
        'last_name' => 'Smith',
    ),
    array(
        'id' => 5342,
        'first_name' => 'Jane',
        'last_name' => 'Jones',
    ),
    array(
        'id' => 5623,
        'first_name' => 'Peter',
        'last_name' => 'Doe',
    )
);
 
$first_names = array_column($records, 'first_name');
print_r($first_names);
?>

The above example will output:

<?php
// Using the $records array from Example #1
$last_names = array_column($records, 'last_name', 'id');
print_r($last_names);
?>

The above example will output:

<?php

class User
{
    public $username;

    public function __construct(string $username)
    {
        $this->username = $username;
    }
}

$users = [
    new User('user 1'),
    new User('user 2'),
    new User('user 3'),
];

print_r(array_column($users, 'username'));
?>

The above example will output:

<?php

class Person
{
    private $name;

    public function __construct(string $name)
    {
        $this->name = $name;
    }

    public function __get($prop)
    {
        return $this->$prop;
    }

    public function __isset($prop) : bool
    {
        return isset($this->$prop);
    }
}

$people = [
    new Person('Fred'),
    new Person('Jane'),
    new Person('John'),
];

print_r(array_column($people, 'name'));
?>

The above example will output:

<?php
$a = array('green', 'red', 'yellow');
$b = array('avocado', 'apple', 'banana');
$c = array_combine($a, $b);

print_r($c);
?>

The above example will output:

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

The above example will output:

<?php
$array1 = array("a" => "green", "red", "blue", "red");
$array2 = array("b" => "green", "yellow", "red");
$result = array_diff($array1, $array2);

print_r($result);
?>

Multiple occurrences in $array1 are all treated the same way. This will output :

Two elements are considered equal if and only if (string) $elem1 === (string) $elem2 . That is, when the string representation is the same.

<?php
// This will generate a Notice that an array cannot be cast to a string.
$source = [1, 2, 3, 4];
$filter = [3, 4, [5], 6];
$result = array_diff($source, $filter);

// Whereas this is fine, since the objects can cast to a string.
class S {
  private $v;

  public function __construct(string $v) {
    $this->v = $v;
  }

  public function __toString() {
    return $this->v;
  }
}

$source = [new S('a'), new S('b'), new S('c')];
$filter = [new S('b'), new S('c'), new S('d')];

$result = array_diff($source, $filter);

// $result now contains one instance of S('a');
?>

To use an alternate comparison function, see array_udiff() .

In this example you see the "a" => "green" pair is present in both arrays and thus it is not in the output from the function. Unlike this, the pair 0 => "red" is in the output because in the second argument "red" has key which is 1 .

<?php
$array1 = array("a" => "green", "b" => "brown", "c" => "blue", "red");
$array2 = array("a" => "green", "yellow", "red");
$result = array_diff_assoc($array1, $array2);
print_r($result);
?>

The above example will output:

Two values from key => value pairs are considered equal only if (string) $elem1 === (string) $elem2 . In other words a strict check takes place so the string representations must be the same.

<?php
$array1 = array(0, 1, 2);
$array2 = array("00", "01", "2");
$result = array_diff_assoc($array1, $array2);
print_r($result);
?>

The above example will output: