php count unique values in array code example

Example 1: 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 2: php count amount of times a value appears in array

$tmp = array_count_values($uid);
$cnt = $tmp[12];
//Or
$cnt = count(array_filter($uid,function($a) {return $a==12;}));
//In both cases $var will be a number