Split an Array into N Arrays - PHP

Question

I have an array of 18 values:

$array = array(\'a\', \'b\', \'c\', \'d\', \'e\', \'f\', \'g\', \'h\', \'i\', \'j\', \'k\', \'l\', \'m\', \'n\', \'o\', \'p\',          


        

Answer 1

What you are describing is not what array_chunk is made for. You should use array_slice() and calculate yourself which parts of the array you want to end up as new arrays. (and use a for loop to iterate over your original array)

Update:

Some calculations that could help you:

minimum_fill = floor(array_length / nr_buckets)
bigger_buckets_amount = array_length - (minimum_fill / nr_buckets)

Algorithm to fill buckets: Loop over the array, fill the first bigger_buckets_amount amount of buckets with (minimum_fill + 1), fill the rest of the buckets with minimum_fill