array_unique in php code example

Example 1: php remove duplicates from array

<?php
$fruits_list = array('Orange',  'Apple', ' Banana', 'Cherry', ' Banana');
$result = array_unique($fruits_list);
print_r($result);
?>
  
Output:

Array ( [0] => Orange [1] => Apple [2] => Banana [3] => Cherry )

Example 2: allert in php

// This is in the PHP file and sends a Javascript alert to the client
$message = "wrong answer";
echo "<script type='text/javascript'>alert('$message');</script>";

Example 3: array_unique

<?php
$input = array("a" => "green", "red", "b" => "green", "blue", "red");
$result = array_unique($input);
print_r($result);
?>

Array
(
    [a] => green
    [0] => red
    [1] => blue
)

Example 4: check duplicate data in array php

$counts = array_count_values($array);
            $duplicate_title  = array_filter($array, function ($value) use ($counts) {
                return $counts[$value] > 1;
            });

Example 5: unique key value array php

$input = array_map("unserialize", array_unique(array_map("serialize", $input)));

Example 6: php check for duplicates in array

function has_dupes($array) {
    $dupe_array = array();
    foreach ($array as $val) {
        if (++$dupe_array[$val] > 1) {
            return true;
        }
    }
    return false;
}