PHP Exercises: Check two given arrays of integers of length 1 or more and return true if they have the same first element or they have the same last element

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PHP Basic Algorithm: Exercise-88 with Solution

Write a PHP program to check two given arrays of integers of length 1 or more and return true if they have the same first element or they have the same last element.

Sample Solution:

PHP Code :

<?php
function test($a1, $a2)
 { 
       return $a1[0] == $a2[0] || $a1[sizeof($a1) - 1] == $a2[sizeof($a2) - 1];
    
 }   

var_dump(test([10, 20, 40, 50], [10, 20, 40, 50]));
var_dump(test([10, 20, 40, 10], [10, 20, 40, 5]));
var_dump(test([12, 24, 35, 55], [1, 20, 40, 5]));

Sample Output:

bool(true)
bool(true)
bool(false)

Flowchart:

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PHP: Tips of the Day

How to Sort Multi-dimensional Array by Value?

Try a usort, If you are still on PHP 5.2 or earlier, you'll have to define a sorting function first:

Example:

function sortByOrder($a, $b) {
    return $a['order'] - $b['order'];
}

usort($myArray, 'sortByOrder');

Starting in PHP 5.3, you can use an anonymous function:

usort($myArray, function($a, $b) {
    return $a['order'] - $b['order'];
});

And finally with PHP 7 you can use the spaceship operator:

usort($myArray, function($a, $b) {
    return $a['order'] <=> $b['order'];
});

To extend this to multi-dimensional sorting, reference the second/third sorting elements if the first is zero - best explained below. You can also use this for sorting on sub-elements.

usort($myArray, function($a, $b) {
    $retval = $a['order'] <=> $b['order'];
    if ($retval == 0) {
        $retval = $a['suborder'] <=> $b['suborder'];
        if ($retval == 0) {
            $retval = $a['details']['subsuborder'] <=> $b['details']['subsuborder'];
        }
    }
    return $retval;
});

If you need to retain key associations, use uasort() - see comparison of array sorting functions in the manual

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