PHP : Groups an array by a given key

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array_group_by

(PHP 5 >= 5.4)
array_group_by — Groups an array by a given key.

Description

array|null array_group_by( array $array, mixed $key1 [, mixed $... ] )

Groups an array into arrays by a given $key, or set of keys, shared between all array members.

Based on Jake Zatecky's array_group_by() function.

This fork offers:

• $key parameter can be a closure

Parameters

• $array — The array to have grouping performed on.

• $key — The key to group or split by. Can be a string, an integer, a float, or a callback. If the key is NULL, the iterated element is skipped. If the key is a callback, it must return a valid key from the array.

  string|int callback ( mixed $item )

• ... — Additional keys for grouping the next set of sub-arrays.

Return Values

Returns a multidimensional array, with each dimension containing elements grouped by the passed key(s).

Errors/Exceptions

If $key is not one of the accepted types E_USER_ERROR will be thrown and NULL returned.

Examples

Example #1 array_group_by() example

$records = [
	[
		"state"  => "IN",
		"city"   => "Indianapolis",
		"object" => "School bus"
	],
	[
		"state"  => "IN",
		"city"   => "Indianapolis",
		"object" => "Manhole"
	],
	[
		"state"  => "IN",
		"city"   => "Plainfield",
		"object" => "Basketball"
	],
	[
		"state"  => "CA",
		"city"   => "San Diego",
		"object" => "Light bulb"
	],
	[
		"state"  => "CA",
		"city"   => "Mountain View",
		"object" => "Space pen"
	]
];

$grouped = array_group_by( $records, "state", "city" );

The above example will output:

Array
(
	[IN] => Array
		(
			[Indianapolis] => Array
				(
					[0] => Array
						(
							[state] => IN
							[city] => Indianapolis
							[object] => School bus
						)

					[1] => Array
						(
							[state] => IN
							[city] => Indianapolis
							[object] => Manhole
						)

				)

			[Plainfield] => Array
				(
					[0] => Array
						(
							[state] => IN
							[city] => Plainfield
							[object] => Basketball
						)

				)

		)

	[CA] => Array
		(
			[San Diego] => Array
				(
					[0] => Array
						(
							[state] => CA
							[city] => San Diego
							[object] => Light bulb
						)

				)

			[Mountain View] => Array
				(
					[0] => Array
						(
							[state] => CA
							[city] => Mountain View
							[object] => Space pen
						)

				)

		)
)

Installation

With Composer

$ composer require mcaskill/php-array-group-by

Without Composer

Why are you not using composer? Download Function.Array-Group-By.php from the gist and save the file into your project path somewhere.

composer.json

{
  "name": "mcaskill/php-array-group-by",
  "description": "Groups an array by a given key.",
  "license": "MIT",
  "authors": [
    {
      "name": "Chauncey McAskill",
      "email": "[email protected]",
      "homepage": "https://github.com/mcaskill"
    }
  ],
  "keywords": [
    "function"
  ],
  "extra": {
    "branch-alias": {
      "dev-master": "1.x-dev"
    }
  },
  "require": {
    "php": ">=5.4.0"
  },
  "autoload": {
    "files": ["Function.Array-Group-By.php"]
  }
}

Function.Array-Group-By.php

<?php

if (!function_exists('array_group_by')) {
	/**
	 * Groups an array by a given key.
	 *
	 * Groups an array into arrays by a given key, or set of keys, shared between all array members.
	 *
	 * Based on {@author Jake Zatecky}'s {@link https://github.com/jakezatecky/array_group_by array_group_by()} function.
	 * This variant allows $key to be closures.
	 *
	 * @param array $array   The array to have grouping performed on.
	 * @param mixed $key,... The key to group or split by. Can be a _string_,
	 *                       an _integer_, a _float_, or a _callable_.
	 *
	 *                       If the key is a callback, it must return
	 *                       a valid key from the array.
	 *
	 *                       If the key is _NULL_, the iterated element is skipped.
	 *
	 *                       ```
	 *                       string|int callback ( mixed $item )
	 *                       ```
	 *
	 * @return array|null Returns a multidimensional array or `null` if `$key` is invalid.
	 */
	function array_group_by(array $array, $key)
	{
		if (!is_string($key) && !is_int($key) && !is_float($key) && !is_callable($key) ) {
			trigger_error('array_group_by(): The key should be a string, an integer, or a callback', E_USER_ERROR);
			return null;
		}

		$func = (!is_string($key) && is_callable($key) ? $key : null);
		$_key = $key;

		// Load the new array, splitting by the target key
		$grouped = [];
		foreach ($array as $value) {
			$key = null;

			if (is_callable($func)) {
				$key = call_user_func($func, $value);
			} elseif (is_object($value) && property_exists($value, $_key)) {
				$key = $value->{$_key};
			} elseif (isset($value[$_key])) {
				$key = $value[$_key];
			}

			if ($key === null) {
				continue;
			}

			$grouped[$key][] = $value;
		}

		// Recursively build a nested grouping if more parameters are supplied
		// Each grouped array value is grouped according to the next sequential key
		if (func_num_args() > 2) {
			$args = func_get_args();

			foreach ($grouped as $key => $value) {
				$params = array_merge([ $value ], array_slice($args, 2, func_num_args()));
				$grouped[$key] = call_user_func_array('array_group_by', $params);
			}
		}

		return $grouped;
	}
}

really nice. Thank you for the code

Excellent...:-)

Awesome. Thanks :)

This is so awesome, I was just about to write my own code and then found yours! Fantastic job and works out of the box. I even used with WordPress too.

Wow! Thanks!

Very useful utility. Thanks the code.

Thanks for sharing. Using it in joomla

Thanks

Thanks~!!!

Good work! And work fine, thanks!!!!!! :D

Perfect, thanks

So awesome !!!

Terimaskaih.

@mcaskill Can you merge my fork ? This will allow to group by on a value that may be null in an object :)

Hi @jeff1326, I've merged your changes. Cheers!

Fantastic! Be blessed Boss!

how to use this in laravel i am getting below error:

ErrorException (E_WARNING)
call_user_func_array() expects parameter 1 to be a valid callback, function 'array_group_by' not found or invalid function name

anyone have any idea?

@isanjaymaurya

how to use this in laravel i am getting below error:

ErrorException (E_WARNING)
call_user_func_array() expects parameter 1 to be a valid callback, function 'array_group_by' not found or invalid function name

anyone have any idea?

This may be a very late answer, but if you want to use this as a static method you should modify line 64 into
$grouped[$key] = call_user_func_array(['self', 'array_group_by'], $params);

This saved my day! Thank you!

Awesome function, thank you.

for those who're using this script on OOP , change the call_user_func_array('array_group_by',$params) to : call_user_func_array(['self','array_group_by'],$param) or
call_user_func_array(array('self','array_group_by'),$param)

Thanks

Thank you!

It seems to work perfectly on PHP 7. I'd implement it into a Helper class, so I needed to change the recursive line call to this one as I have static methods, and it keeps working 🎉:

call_user_func_array(['self','arrayGroupBy'], $params);

Laravel 9 Perfect Thanks
$assets = DB::table('assets')->select('*')->get()->toArray();
$grouped = array_group_by( $assets, "serial_number" );