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Yohio
Yohio

Reputation: 119

Need to find array of array with specific key

I need to count the times a key/variable is shown inside an array of arrays.

The array looks like this:

Array 
{ 
[3] => Array
{
[type]=>group
[name]=>3st group
[newmsgs]=>3
}
[2] => Array
{
[type]=>group
[name]=>2nd group
}
[1] => Array
{
[type]=>group
[name]=>1st group
[newmsgs]=>1
}
}

I am looking for a function that runs and returns 2 since there are only 2 arrays that have the 'newmsgs' key with value.

I've tried array_count_values() without success, as well as trying a simple count() which I knew has a slim chance of working.

Any idea of how to do this?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 38

Answers (2)

AbraCadaver
AbraCadaver

Reputation: 78994

Extract the column you want and count them:

$count = count(array_column($array, 'newmsgs'));

Upvotes: 1

u_mulder
u_mulder

Reputation: 54841

Mix of array_filter and sizeof:

echo sizeof(array_filter($array, function($v) { return !empty($v['newmsgs']); } ));

array_filter will return array of elements where newmsgs key is set, and sizeof will get size of this returned array.

Upvotes: 1

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