The array_count_values Function
The array_count_values function
counts the occurrences of all values in an array.
It returns an associative array where
the keys are the array elements, and the values
are their count in the array.
Syntax
array_count_values(array $array): array
Example
Let's count how many times each element appears:
<?php
$arr = ['a', 'a', 'a', 'b', 'b', 'c'];
var_dump(array_count_values($arr));
?>
Code execution result:
['a'=>3, 'b'=>2, 'c'=>1]
See Also
-
the
countfunction,
which counts the number of elements in an array
