Filter elements of an associative array using a callback function in PHP
Description
The following code shows how to filter elements of an associative array using a callback function.
Example
//from ww w . j a v a 2s.c o m
<?php
function odd($var)
{
// returns whether the input integer is odd
return($var & 1);
}
function even($var)
{
// returns whether the input integer is even
return(!($var & 1));
}
$array1 = array("a"=>1, "b"=>2, "c"=>3, "d"=>4, "e"=>5);
$array2 = array(6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12);
echo "Odd :\n";
print_r(array_filter($array1, "odd"));
echo "Even:\n";
print_r(array_filter($array2, "even"));
?>
The code above generates the following result.
