Is it possible to get a result from array_column that has values only?
sample array i want to array_column
$array = [
['name' => ''],
['name' => 'John'],
['name' => 'Doe']
]
when i use array_column this is what i get
Array
(
[0] =>
[1] => John
[2] => Doe
)
I was going to just use foreach and check each and every value but i was wondering if there is a much easier way to do this
thanks
I think you want something like this (to get only the columns which has a value):
$array = [
['name' => ''],
['name' => 'John'],
['name' => 'Doe']
];
$result = array_filter(array_column($array, 'name'));
The array_filter will filter out empty names and you'll get something like this:
// print_r($result);
Array
(
[1] => John
[2] => Doe
)
Also, if you need to reorder the indices then you can use array_values like this:
$result = array_filter(array_column($array, 'name'));
// If you want to reorder the indices
$result = array_values($result);
// print_r($result);
Array
(
[0] => John
[1] => Doe
)
You could also do this to remove both null and empty values:
// PHP 7.4+
$result = array_filter(array_column($array, 'name'), fn($val) => !is_null($val) && $val !== '');
// PHP 5.3 and later
$result = array_filter(array_column($array, 'name'), function($val) { return !is_null($val) && $val !== ''; });