Flatten a 2D array to only contain values contained in all 2D

[FlatulentBadger]

Hi there, 

 

   I'm new here and fairly new to PHP, so be gentle please.

 

I have a 2D array such as: 

Array
(
    [0] => Array
        (
            [0] => 28
            [1] => 6
        )
    [1] => Array
        (
            [0] => 6
        )
    [2] => Array
       (
            [0] => 61
            [1] => 6
            [2] => 28
        )
)

From which I need to end up with an array containing only the elements that exist in all the 2nd dimensions.

 

In this case it would be just 6.

 

I could iterate over everything starting with the smallest array  " [0] => Array  ( [0] => 6 )", but it seems a bit clumsy, and I was wondering if I have missed any PHP array function that may make this easier,  or if anyone has any better suggestions?

 

Cheers,

   Bob.

 

[benanamen]

You mean like this?

$cars = array
  (
  array("Volvo",22,18),
  array("BMW",15,13),
  array("Saab",5,2),
  array("Land Rover",17,15)
  );

foreach ($cars[1] as $v) {
    echo  "$v<br>";
}
?>

[Barand]

Use array_intersect to check for common values

 

$data = [   [28, 6],  [6], [61,6,28]  ];
        
$result = [];
foreach ($data as $arr) {
    $result = empty($result) ? $arr : array_intersect($result, $arr);
}

// view result
echo '<pre>', print_r($result, 1), '</pre>';

[FlatulentBadger]

 

You mean like this?

$cars = array
  (
  array("Volvo",22,18),
  array("BMW",15,13),
  array("Saab",5,2),
  array("Land Rover",17,15)
  );

foreach ($cars[1] as $v) {
    echo  "$v<br>";
}
?>

I don't, I appreciate my question may not be entirely clear though, too much mixing of languages, and beer.  

 

Barand, got the jist. 

[FlatulentBadger]

 

Use array_intersect to check for common values

$data = [   [28, 6],  [6], [61,6,28]  ];
        
$result = [];
foreach ($data as $arr) {
    $result = empty($result) ? $arr : array_intersect($result, $arr);
}

// view result
echo '<pre>', print_r($result, 1), '</pre>';

Thanks Barand, this is exactly what I was after, I am off for a bit of a deeper dive into the array_intersect docs now.