PHP - count specific array values

Question

How can I count the number of element inside an array with value equals a constant? example,

$myArray = array(\"Kyle\",\"Ben\",\"Sue\",\"Phil\",\"Ben\",\"Mar         


        

Answer 1

define( 'SEARCH_STRING', 'Ben' );

$myArray = array("Kyle","Ben","Sue","Phil","Ben","Mary","Sue","Ben");

$count = count(array_filter($myArray,function($value){return SEARCH_STRING === $value;}));

echo $count, "\n";

Output:

3