<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> <title>Computes the intersection of arrays</title> </head> <body><div class="manualnavbar" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="prev" style="text-align: left; float: left;"><a href="function.array-intersect-ukey.html">array_intersect_ukey</a></div> <div class="next" style="text-align: right; float: right;"><a href="function.array-key-exists.html">array_key_exists</a></div> <div class="up"><a href="ref.array.html">Array Functions</a></div> <div class="home"><a href="index.html">PHP Manual</a></div> </div><hr /><div id="function.array-intersect" class="refentry"> <div class="refnamediv"> <h1 class="refname">array_intersect</h1> <p class="verinfo">(PHP 4 >= 4.0.1, PHP 5)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">array_intersect</span> — <span class="dc-title">Computes the intersection of arrays</span></p> </div> <div class="refsect1 description" id="refsect1-function.array-intersect-description"> <h3 class="title">Description</h3> <div class="methodsynopsis dc-description"> <span class="type">array</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>array_intersect</strong></span> ( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">array</span> <code class="parameter">$array1</code></span> , <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">array</span> <code class="parameter">$array2</code></span> [, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">array</span> <code class="parameter">$...</code></span> ] )</div> <p class="para rdfs-comment"> <span class="function"><strong>array_intersect()</strong></span> returns an array containing all the values of <em><code class="parameter">array1</code></em> that are present in all the arguments. Note that keys are preserved. </p> </div> <div class="refsect1 parameters" id="refsect1-function.array-intersect-parameters"> <h3 class="title">Parameters</h3> <p class="para"> <dl> <dt> <span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">array1</code></em></span> <dd> <p class="para"> The array with master values to check. </p> </dd> </dt> <dt> <span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">array2</code></em></span> <dd> <p class="para"> An array to compare values against. </p> </dd> </dt> <dt> <span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">...</code></em></span> <dd> <p class="para"> A variable list of arrays to compare. </p> </dd> </dt> </dl> </p> </div> <div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-function.array-intersect-returnvalues"> <h3 class="title">Return Values</h3> <p class="para"> Returns an array containing all of the values in <em><code class="parameter">array1</code></em> whose values exist in all of the parameters. </p> </div> <div class="refsect1 examples" id="refsect1-function.array-intersect-examples"> <h3 class="title">Examples</h3> <p class="para"> <div class="example" id="example-4953"> <p><strong>Example #1 <span class="function"><strong>array_intersect()</strong></span> example</strong></p> <div class="example-contents"> <div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000"> <span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br />$array1 </span><span style="color: #007700">= array(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"a" </span><span style="color: #007700">=> </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"green"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"red"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"blue"</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$array2 </span><span style="color: #007700">= array(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"b" </span><span style="color: #007700">=> </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"green"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"yellow"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"red"</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$result </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">array_intersect</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$array1</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$array2</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">print_r</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$result</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span> </span> </code></div> </div> <div class="example-contents"><p>The above example will output:</p></div> <div class="example-contents screen"> <div class="cdata"><pre> Array ( [a] => green [0] => red ) </pre></div> </div> </div> </p> </div> <div class="refsect1 notes" id="refsect1-function.array-intersect-notes"> <h3 class="title">Notes</h3> <blockquote class="note"><p><strong class="note">Note</strong>: <span class="simpara"> Two elements are considered equal if and only if <em>(string) $elem1 === (string) $elem2</em>. In words: when the string representation is the same. </span> </p></blockquote> </div> <div class="refsect1 seealso" id="refsect1-function.array-intersect-seealso"> <h3 class="title">See Also</h3> <p class="para"> <ul class="simplelist"> <li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.array-intersect-assoc.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">array_intersect_assoc()</a> - Computes the intersection of arrays with additional index check</span></li> <li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.array-diff.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">array_diff()</a> - Computes the difference of arrays</span></li> <li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.array-diff-assoc.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">array_diff_assoc()</a> - Computes the difference of arrays with additional index check</span></li> </ul> </p> </div> </div><hr /><div class="manualnavbar" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="prev" style="text-align: left; float: left;"><a href="function.array-intersect-ukey.html">array_intersect_ukey</a></div> <div class="next" style="text-align: right; float: right;"><a href="function.array-key-exists.html">array_key_exists</a></div> <div class="up"><a href="ref.array.html">Array Functions</a></div> <div class="home"><a href="index.html">PHP Manual</a></div> </div></body></html>