PHP - Merge duplicate array keys in a multidimensional array

Question

I have a multidimensional array called $songs, which outputs the following:

Array
(
    [0] => Array
        (
            [Michael Jackson] => Thrille         


        

Answer 1

This should do it, it's not exactly what you want but I don't see a reason why you'd need to index the resulting array numerically, and then by artist.

$source = array(
    array('Michael Jackson' => 'Thriller'),
    array('Michael Jackson' => 'Rock With You'),
    array('Teddy Pendergrass' => 'Love TKO'),
    array( 'ACDC' => 'Back in Black')
);

$result = array();

foreach($source as $item) {
    $artist = key($item);
    $album = current($item);

    if(!isset($result[$artist])) {
        $result[$artist] = array();
    }
    $result[$artist][] = $album;
}

And you can loop the $result array and build your HTML like this:

foreach($result as $artist => $albums) {
    echo '<h2>'.$artist.'</h2>';
    echo '<ul>';
    foreach($albums as $album) {
        echo '<li>'.$album.'</li>';
    }
    echo '</ul>';
}

Which would result in a similar list that you described.