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user9731806
user9731806

Reputation:

array_map - "Argument passed must be of the type array, string given" error

I am not sure why the following does not work. I get the above error (topic): 

$array = array (); //something goes in here

function del_space(array $a){
foreach($a as $key => $value){
    preg_replace("/; +/", "", $value); 
    }
}

$no_space = array_map("del_space", $array);

Upvotes: 2

Views: 25279

Answers (2)

spielerds
spielerds

Reputation: 186

Your function del_space takes an array as the argument. array_map takes every element of the array (second argument) itself, and sends it to the callback (first argument). So unless if you have an array of arrays, this would not work. Your example should look like this:

$array = ['lblab; la'];

function del_space($a){
    return preg_replace("/; +/", "", $a); 
}

$no_space = array_map("del_space", $array);
print_r($no_space);

Gives output: 

Array ( [0] => lblab;la)

If you want to pass an array of arrays, than the input should look like this:

$array = [
     ['blabla; bla'],
     ['blabla2; bla2'],
];

function del_space(array $a){
    foreach($a as $key => $value){
        $a[$key] = preg_replace("/; +/", "", $value); 
    }

    return $a;
}

$no_space = array_map("del_space", $array);
print_r($no_space);

With the output:

Array ( [0] => Array ( [0] => blablabla ) [1] => Array ( [0] => blabla2bla2 ) )

Upvotes: 1

MonkeyZeus
MonkeyZeus

Reputation: 20737

array_map() loops $array for you and since so I am assuming that each item inside of $array is not an array object but del_space() requires an array to be passed in to it.

It sounds like you have:

$array = array( 'some item' ); // Fails

but you need something like:

$array = array( array( 'some item' ) ); // Success

if you wish to use array_map()

Upvotes: 2

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