php array remove duplicates by value 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: php remove duplicates from array

<?php
$a=array("a"=>"red","b"=>"green","c"=>"red");
print_r(array_unique($a));
?>
Output : Array ( [a] => red [b] => green )

Example 2:


$array = array(1, 2, 2, 3);
$array = array_unique($array); 
Output : Array is now (1, 2, 3)

Example 3: how to remove duplicate values from a multidimensional array in php

We used this to de-duplicate results from a variety of overlapping queries.

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