The array_intersect_key Function
The array_intersect_key
function takes several arrays and returns a new array,
containing elements from the first array whose keys are present in all other arrays.
Comparison is performed only by keys, values are not considered.
Syntax
array_intersect_key(array1, array2, array3, ...);
Example
Compare two arrays by keys:
<?php
$arr1 = ['a' => 1, 'b' => 2, 'c' => 3];
$arr2 = ['a' => 4, 'c' => 5, 'd' => 6];
$res = array_intersect_key($arr1, $arr2);
print_r($res);
?>
Code execution result:
['a' => 1, 'c' => 3]
Example
Compare three arrays by keys:
<?php
$arr1 = [1 => 'a', 2 => 'b', 3 => 'c'];
$arr2 = [1 => 'd', 3 => 'e'];
$arr3 = [1 => 'f', 4 => 'g'];
$res = array_intersect_key($arr1, $arr2, $arr3);
print_r($res);
?>
Code execution result:
[1 => 'a']
Example
Comparing arrays with different key types:
<?php
$arr1 = ['1' => 'a', 2 => 'b'];
$arr2 = [1 => 'c', '2' => 'd'];
$res = array_intersect_key($arr1, $arr2);
print_r($res);
?>
Code execution result:
['1' => 'a', 2 => 'b']
See Also
-
the
array_intersect
function,
which compares arrays by values -
the
array_diff_key
function,
which compares arrays by keys and returns the difference -
the
array_intersect_assoc
function,
which compares both keys and values