PHP Tutorial - PHP array_intersect_assoc() Function






Definition

The array_intersect_assoc() function compares the keys and values of two or more arrays and returns an array that contains the entries from array1 that are present in array2, array3, etc.

Syntax

PHP array_intersect_assoc() Function has the following syntax.

array_intersect_assoc(array1,array2,array3...)

Parameter

ParameterIs RequiredDescription
array1Required.Array to be compared with
array2Required.Array to be compared with array1
array3,...Optional.Array to be compared with array1




Return

PHP array_intersect_assoc() Function returns an array that contains the entries from array1 that are present in array2, array3, etc.

Example 1

Compare the keys and values of two arrays, and return the matches:


<?php
$a1=array("a"=>"A","b"=>"B","c"=>"C","d"=>"Dog");
$a2=array("a"=>"B","b"=>"New B","c"=>"java2s.com");

$result=array_intersect_assoc($a1,$a2);
print_r($result);
?>

The code above generates the following result.





Example 2

Compare the keys and values of three arrays, and return the matches:


<?php
$a1=array("a"=>"A","b"=>"B","c"=>"C","d"=>"Dog");
$a2=array("a"=>"B","b"=>"New B","c"=>"java2s.com");
$a3=array("J"=>"java2s.com");

$result=array_intersect_assoc($a1,$a2,$a3);
print_r($result);
?>

The code above generates the following result.