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array_count_values

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array_count_values -- Counts all the values of an array

Description

array array_count_values ( array input)

array_count_values() returns an array using the values of the input array as keys and their frequency in input as values.

Example 1. array_count_values() example

<?php

$array = array(1, "hello", 1, "world", "hello");

print_r(array_count_values($array));

?>

The printout of the above program will be:

Array

(

      [1] => 2

      [hello] => 2

      [world] => 1

)

See also count(), array_unique(), and array_values() and count_chars().