PHP Exercises: Curry a function to take arguments in multiple calls

Last update on May 30 2022 11:41:59 (UTC/GMT +8 hours)

PHP: Exercise-100 with Solution

Write a PHP program to curry a function to take arguments in multiple calls.

Sample Solution: -

PHP Code:

<?php
//Licence: https://bit.ly/2CFA5XY

function curry($function)
{
    $accumulator = function ($arguments) use ($function, &$accumulator) {
        return function (...$args) use ($function, $arguments, $accumulator) {
            $arguments = array_merge($arguments, $args);
            $reflection = new ReflectionFunction($function);
            $totalArguments = $reflection->getNumberOfRequiredParameters();

            if ($totalArguments <= count($arguments)) {
                return $function(...$arguments);
            }

            return $accumulator($arguments);
        };
    };

    return $accumulator([]);
}

$curriedAdd = curry(
    function ($a, $b) {
        return $a + $b;
    }
);

$add10 = $curriedAdd(10);
var_dump($add10(15)); // 25
  
?>

Sample Output:

int(25)

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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