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spatie/array-functions
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Some handy array helpers

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Some handy array functions
==========================

[](#some-handy-array-functions)

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This package provides some handy array functions.

Spatie is a webdesign agency in Antwerp, Belgium. You'll find an overview of all our open source projects [on our website](https://spatie.be/opensource).

Support us
----------

[](#support-us)

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We invest a lot of resources into creating [best in class open source packages](https://spatie.be/open-source). You can support us by [buying one of our paid products](https://spatie.be/open-source/support-us).

We highly appreciate you sending us a postcard from your hometown, mentioning which of our package(s) you are using. You'll find our address on [our contact page](https://spatie.be/about-us). We publish all received postcards on [our virtual postcard wall](https://spatie.be/open-source/postcards).

Postcardware
------------

[](#postcardware)

You're free to use this package (it's [MIT-licensed](LICENSE.md)), but if it makes it to your production environment you are required to send us a postcard from your hometown, mentioning which of our package(s) you are using.

Our address is: Spatie, Kruikstraat 22, 2018 Antwerp, Belgium.

The best postcards will get published on the open source page on our website.

Install
-------

[](#install)

You can install this package via composer:

```
composer require spatie/array-functions
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

The following functions are provided in the `Spatie`-namespace:

### array\_rand\_value

[](#array_rand_value)

```
/**
 * Get a random value from an array.
 *
 * @param array $array
 * @param int $numReq  The amount of values to return
 * @return mixed
 */
function array_rand_value(array $array, $numReq = 1)
```

### array\_rand\_weighted

[](#array_rand_weighted)

```
/**
 * Get a random value from an array, with the ability to skew the results.
 * Example: array_rand_weighted(['foo' => 1, 'bar' => 2]) has a 66% chance of returning bar.
 *
 * @param array $key
 *
 * @return mixed
 */
function array_rand_weighted(array $array)
```

### values\_in\_array

[](#values_in_array)

```
/**
 * Determine if all given needles are present in the haystack.
 *
 * @param array|string $needles
 * @param array $haystack
 *
 * @return bool
 */
function values_in_array($needles, array $haystack)
```

### array\_keys\_exist

[](#array_keys_exist)

```
/**
 * Determine if all given needles are present in the haystack as array keys.
 *
 * @param array|string $needles
 * @param array $haystack
 *
 * @return bool
 */
function array_keys_exist($needles, array $haystack)
```

### array\_split\_filter

[](#array_split_filter)

```
/**
 * Returns an array with two elements.
 *
 * Iterates over each value in the array passing them to the callback function.
 * If the callback function returns true, the current value from array is returned in the first
 * element of result array. If not, it is return in the second element of result array.
 *
 * Array keys are preserved.
 *
 * @param array $array
 * @param callable $callback
 * @return array
 *
 */
function array_split_filter(array $array, callable $callback)
```

### array\_split

[](#array_split)

```
/**
 * Split an array in the given amount of pieces.
 *
 * @param array $array
 * @param int $numberOfPieces
 * @param bool $preserveKeys
 * @throws \InvalidArgumentException
 * @return array
 */
function array_split(array $array, $numberOfPieces = 2, $preserveKeys = false)
```

### array\_merge\_values

[](#array_merge_values)

```
/**
 * Returns an array with the unique values from all the given arrays
 *
 * @param \array[] $arrays
 * @return array
 */
function array_merge_values(array ... $arrays)
```

### array\_flatten

[](#array_flatten)

```
/**
 * Flatten an array of arrays. The `$levels` parameter specifies how deep you want to
 * recurse in the array. If `$levels` is -1, the function will recurse infinitely.
 *
 * @param array $array
 * @param int $levels
 *
 * @return array
 */
function array_flatten(array $array, $levels = -1)
```

Change log
----------

[](#change-log)

Please see [CHANGELOG](CHANGELOG.md) for more information what has changed recently.

Testing
-------

[](#testing)

You can run the tests with:

```
vendor/bin/phpunit
```

Contributing
------------

[](#contributing)

Please see [CONTRIBUTING](https://github.com/spatie/.github/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md) for details.

Security
--------

[](#security)

If you've found a bug regarding security please mail  instead of using the issue tracker.

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

- [Freek Van der Herten](https://github.com/freekmurze)
- [All Contributors](../../contributors)

About Spatie
------------

[](#about-spatie)

Spatie is a webdesign agency in Antwerp, Belgium. You'll find an overview of all our open source projects [on our website](https://spatie.be/opensource).

License
-------

[](#license)

The MIT License (MIT). Please see [License File](LICENSE.md) for more information.

###  Health Score

56

—

FairBetter than 97% of packages

Maintenance55

Moderate activity, may be stable

Popularity49

Moderate usage in the ecosystem

Community29

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity76

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 60.2% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~254 days

Recently: every ~489 days

Total

15

Last Release

504d ago

PHP version history (3 changes)1.0.0PHP >=5.6.0

1.9.0PHP ^7.2

1.9.4PHP ^7.4|^8.0

### Community

Maintainers

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