Get the keys for duplicate values in an array

Question

I have the following array:

$myarray = Array(\"2011-06-21\", \"2011-06-22\", \"2011-06-22\", \"2011-06-23\", \"2011-06-23\", \"2011-06-24\", \"2011-06-24\",         


        

Answer 1

I really like Francois answer, here is something I came up with that preserves keys. I'll answer the first question first:

$array = array('2011-06-21', '2011-06-22', '2011-06-22');
/**
 * flip an array like array_flip but
 * preserving multiple keys per an array value
 * 
 * @param array $a
 * @return array
 */
function array_flip_multiple(array $a) {
    $result = array();
    foreach($a as $k=>$v)
        $result[$v][]=$k
        ;
    return $result;
}

$hash = array_flip_multiple($array);

// filter $hash based on your specs (2 or more)
$hash = array_filter($hash, function($items) {return count($items) > 1;});

// get all remaining keys
$keys = array_reduce($hash, 'array_merge', array());

var_dump($array, $hash, $keys);

output is:

# original array
array(3) {
  [0]=>
  string(10) "2011-06-21"
  [1]=>
  string(10) "2011-06-22"
  [2]=>
  string(10) "2011-06-22"
}

# hash (filtered)
array(1) {
  ["2011-06-22"]=>
  array(2) {
    [0]=>
    int(1)
    [1]=>
    int(2)
  }
}

# the keys
array(2) {
  [0]=>
  int(1)
  [1]=>
  int(2)
}

So now the second question:

Just use the $hash to obtain the keys for the value:

var_dump($hash['2011-06-22']); returns the keys.

Benefit is, if you need to check multiple values, data is already stored in the hash and available for use.