Is there a function to extract a 'column' from an array in PHP?

Question

I have an array of arrays, with the following structure :

array(array(\'page\' => \'page1\', \'name\' => \'pagename1\')
      array(\'page\' => \'pa         


        

Answer 1

Similar to fuentesjrs solution, but a bit more generic using array_walk() with a custom callback:

// Define the callback
function extract_named_sub_elements(&$item, $key, $name) {
  $item = $item[$name];
}

// Test data
$original = array(
  array('page' => 'page1', 'name' => 'pagename1'),
  array('page' => 'page2', 'name' => 'pagename2'),
  array('page' => 'page3', 'name' => 'pagename3'),
);

// Use a copy, as array_walk() operates directly on the passed in array
$copy = $original;

// Substitute 'name' with whatever element you want to extract, e.g. 'page'
array_walk($copy, 'extract_named_sub_elements', 'name');

print_r($copy);