PHP: Get the first Key of an Associative Array
I am not completely sure about it, but I somehow don’t think that I’ve ever needed to get the first key of an associative array...
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PHP: Return Random Element in Array
August 6, 2014
by Craig Lotter
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A quick and easy PHP code snippet to return a random element from a given array: All the hard work is being done by the...
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PHP: How to Insert into an Array
December 11, 2012
by Craig Lotter
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Almost unbelievably so, PHP doesn’t actually feature a neatly named insert into array function (to be fair though, it doesn’t have a neatly named remove...
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PHP: Identify the Offset of a Specific Array Element
December 4, 2012
by Craig Lotter
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To learn the offset or array key for a specific array element in a given array turns out to be fairly easy, thanks to the...
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JavaScript: A Simple Function to Return a Sorted and Unique Array
October 28, 2012
by Craig Lotter
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I came across this useful little JavaScript code snippet which given a simple input array, will both sort it and ensure that it contains unique...
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PHP: Compare the Keys of an Array and find the Difference
February 27, 2012
by Craig Lotter
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To compare two arrays to see if there is a difference, one often makes use of the array_diff function which takes two arrays, compares array1...
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JavaScript: How to Implode (Flatten) an Array into a String
February 17, 2012
by Craig Lotter
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Coming from PHP, I’m well versed in using the handy implode function to flatten an array into a string, specifying the delimiter character to be...
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JavaScript: How to Explode a String into an Array
February 13, 2012
by Craig Lotter
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Coming from PHP, I’m well versed in using the handy explode function to force a string into an array, using a specified delimiter character to...
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PHP: Simple Method to Implode or Explode Arrays with Keys
November 21, 2011
by Craig Lotter
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Associative arrays are very useful beasts, because values tied to keys makes it so much easier to build up pseudo objects in that it makes...
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PHP: How to Scramble an Array
November 16, 2011
by Craig Lotter
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PHP comes packaged with an awesome little function that makes scrambling an array, i.e. randomly rearranging its contents, a doddle. Aptly named shuffle, the shuffle()...
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