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user773755
user773755

Reputation: 473

How to convert a simple array to an associative array?

What is the fastest way to convert a simple array to an associative array in PHP so that values can be checked in the isset($array[$value])?

I.e. fastest way to do the following conversion:

$array = array(1, 2, 3, 4, 5);
$assoc = array();

foreach ($array as $i => $value) {
        $assoc[$value] = 1;
}

Upvotes: 39

Views: 80971

Answers (5)

Adrian
Adrian

Reputation: 2291

function simple_to_associative($array) {
    $new_array = [];
    $i = 0;
    $last_elem = end($array);
    $nr_elems = count($array);
    foreach ($array as $index=>$value) {
        if($i % 2 == 0 && $last_elem == $value) {
            $new_array[$value] = '';
        } elseif($i % 2 == 0) {
            $new_array[$value] = $array[$index + 1];
        }
        $i++;
    }
    return $new_array;
}

Would work on any simple array of unlimited elements.

Upvotes: -1

A.M.N.Bandara
A.M.N.Bandara

Reputation: 1508

If anyone is still wondering how to do this, there is an easier solution for this by using the array_combine function. 

$array = array(1, 2, 3, 4, 5);
$assoc = array_combine($array,$array);

Upvotes: 21

Thyagi
Thyagi

Reputation: 190

Simply use this logic

$var1 = json_encode($arr1, JSON_FORCE_OBJECT);
$var1 = json_decode($var1);

where $arr1 is the array that has to be converted to associative array. This can be achieved by json_encode and the json_decode the same

Upvotes: 0

Alix Axel
Alix Axel

Reputation: 154563

Your code is the exact equivalent of:

$assoc = array_fill_keys(array(1, 2, 3, 4, 5), 1); // or
$assoc = array_fill_keys(range(1, 5), 1);

array_flip(), while it may work for your purpose, it's not the same.

PHP ref: array_fill_keys(), array_flip()

Upvotes: 43

Felix Kling
Felix Kling

Reputation: 816482

array_flip() is exactly doing that:

array_flip() returns an array in flip order, i.e. keys from trans become values and values from trans become keys.

Note that the values of trans need to be valid keys, i.e. they need to be either integer or string. A warning will be emitted if a value has the wrong type, and the key/value pair in question will not be flipped.

If a value has several occurrences, the latest key will be used as its values, and all others will be lost.

But apart from that, there is only one type of array in PHP. Even numerical ("simple", as you call it) arrays are associative.

Upvotes: 22

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