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Here's an example of the array I'm working against:

Array
(
[0] => Array
    (
        [id] => 1331
        [shortname] => MCS-115-113C
        [userid] => 663
        [email] => [email protected]
        [username] => FOOBARBAZ
        [nombrecompleto] => asdfasdf
        [lastlogin] => 1367501486
    )
[1] => Array
    (
        [id] => 1331
        [shortname] => MAFA-EOOF
        [userid] => 323
        [email] => [email protected]
        [username] => FOOBARBAZ
        [nombrecompleto] => asdfasdf
        [lastlogin] => 136732186
    )
[2] => Array
    (
        [id] => 1331
        [shortname] => MKT-FOOBAR
        [userid] => 434
        [email] => [email protected]
        [username] => adsfasdf
        [nombrecompleto] => asdfasdf
        [lastlogin] => 1367234486
    )

In my case, I want to compare the username element in the array and delete duplicates.

So in this case, I would only return two elements, username FOOBARBAZ and adsfasdf:

Array
(
[0] => Array
    (
        [id] => 1331
        [shortname] => MAFA-EOOF
        [userid] => 323
        [email] => [email protected]
        [username] => FOOBARBAZ
        [nombrecompleto] => asdfasdf
        [lastlogin] => 136732186
    )
[1] => Array
    (
        [id] => 1331
        [shortname] => MKT-FOOBAR
        [userid] => 434
        [email] => [email protected]
        [username] => adsfasdf
        [nombrecompleto] => asdfasdf
        [lastlogin] => 1367234486
    )

How can I accomplish this in PHP?

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Have you looked at array_unique()? –  PhpMyCoder May 5 '13 at 2:46
    
If this array originates from a query, I'd suggest fixing this in your SQL to reduce the traffic between sql and php. –  Fabrício Matté May 5 '13 at 2:48

3 Answers 3

up vote 2 down vote accepted

Try this:

<?php

$test=array
(
0 => array
    (
        'id' => '1331',
        'shortname' => 'MCS-115-113C',
        'userid' => '663',
        'email' => '[email protected]',
        'username' => 'FOOBARBAZ',
        'nombrecompleto' => 'asdfasdf',
        'lastlogin' => '1367501486',
    ),
1 => array
    (
        'id' => '1331',
        'shortname' => 'MAFA-EOOF',
        'userid' => '323',
        'email' => '[email protected]',
        'username' => 'FOOBARBAZ',
        'nombrecompleto' => 'asdfasdf',
        'lastlogin' => '136732186'
    ),
2 => array
    (
        'id' => '1331',
        'shortname' => 'MKT-FOOBAR',
        'userid' => '434',
        'email' => '[email protected]',
        'username' => 'adsfasdf',
        'nombrecompleto' => 'asdfasdf',
        'lastlogin' => '1367234486'
    )
);

$userdupe=array();

foreach ($test as $index=>$t) {
    if (isset($userdupe[$t["username"]])) {
        unset($test[$index]);
        continue;
    }
    $userdupe[$t["username"]]=true;
}

print_r($test);
?>
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up vote 0 down vote

This is simple to achieve (and quick since its an internal) with array_unique(). However, by default this function casts everything to a string, so you will need to pass the SORT_REGULAR constant. (Demo)

<?php
$data = array(
    array(
        'id' => 0,
        'title' => 'Abc'
    ),
    array(
        'id' => 2,
        'title' => 'Def',
        'content' => 'Stackoverflow!'
    ),
    array(
        'id' => 0,
        'title' => 'Abc'
    )
);

var_dump(array_unique($data, SORT_REGULAR));
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up vote 0 down vote 
/* here is your array */
$array = array(
    0 => array(
            'id' => '1331',
            'shortname' => 'MCS-115-113C',
            'userid' => '663',
            'email' => '[email protected]',
            'username' => 'FOOBARBAZ',
            'nombrecompleto' => 'asdfasdf',
            'lastlogin' => '1367501486',
    ),
    1 => array(
            'id' => '1331',
            'shortname' => 'MAFA-EOOF',
            'userid' => '323',
            'email' => '[email protected]',
            'username' => 'FOOBARBAZ',
            'nombrecompleto' => 'asdfasdf',
            'lastlogin' => '136732186'
    ),
    2 => array(
            'id' => '1331',
            'shortname' => 'MKT-FOOBAR',
            'userid' => '434',
            'email' => '[email protected]',
            'username' => 'adsfasdf',
            'nombrecompleto' => 'asdfasdf',
            'lastlogin' => '1367234486'
    )
);

/* initializing an array to store usernames to compare */
$userNames = array();
/* looping through array */
foreach($array as $key=>$value){
    if(!empty($userNames) && in_array($value['username'],$userNames)) unset($array[$key]);  //unset from $array if username already exists
    $userNames[] = $value['username'];  // creating username array to compare with main array values
}

/* print updated array */
echo "<pre>";print_r($array);echo "</pre>";
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