Split array into two arrays by index even or odd

Question

I have this array:

$array = array(a, b, c, d, e, f, g);

I want to split it in two arrays depending if the index is even or odd, like this:<

Answer 1

As an almost-one-liner, I think this will be my favourite:

$even = $odd = array();
foreach( $array as $k => $v )  $k % 2  ?  $odd[] = $v  :  $even[] = $v;

Or for a tiny little more? speed:

$even = $odd = array();
foreach( $array as $k => $v )  ( $k & 1 ) === 0  ?  $even[] = $v  :  $odd[] = $v;

A bit more verbose variant:

$both = array( array(), array() );
// or, if $array has at least two elements:
$both = array();

foreach( $array as $k => $v )  $both[ $k % 2 ][] = $v;
list( $even, $odd ) = $both;

With array_chunk:

$even = $odd = array();
foreach( array_chunk( $array, 2 ) as $chunk ){
  list( $even[], $odd[] ) = isset( $chunk[1]) ? $chunk : $chunk + array( null, null );
  // or, to force even and odd arrays to have the same count:
  list( $even[], $odd[] ) = $chunk + array( null, null );
}

If $array is guaranteed to have even number of elements:

$even = $odd = array();
foreach( array_chunk( $array, 2 ) as $chunk )
  list( $even[], $odd[] ) = $chunk;

PHP 5.5.0+ with array_column:

$chunks = array_chunk( $array, 2 );
$even = array_column( $chunks, 0 );
$odd  = array_column( $chunks, 1 );

Something similar for older PHP versions. The keys will be 0,2,4,… and 1,3,5,…. If you don't like this, apply an array_values too:

$even = array_intersect_key( $array, array_flip( range( 0, count( $array ), 2 )));
$odd  = array_intersect_key( $array, array_flip( range( 1, count( $array ), 2 )));

or

$even = array_intersect_key( $array, array_fill_keys( range( 0, count( $array ), 2 ), null ));
$odd  = array_intersect_key( $array, array_fill_keys( range( 1, count( $array ), 2 ), null ));