The array_count_values Function

The array_count_values function counts the occurrences of all values in an array. It returns an associative array where the keys are the array elements, and the values are their count in the array.

Syntax

phparray_count_values(array $array): array

Example

Let's count how many times each element appears:

php<?php
  $arr = ['a', 'a', 'a', 'b', 'b', 'c'];
  var_dump(array_count_values($arr));
?>

Code execution result:

php['a'=>3, 'b'=>2, 'c'=>1]

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