Extensions to PHP native arrays

^{A library that extends PHP's native array functionality}

Compatibility and dependencies

This library is compatible with PHP version 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2 and 8.3

This library has no dependencies.

Installation

Installation is simple using composer.

composer require kusabi/arrays

Or simply add it to your composer.json file

{
    "require": {
        "kusabi/arrays": "^1.0"
    }
}

Contributing

This library follows PSR-1 & PSR-2 standards.

Unit Tests

Before pushing any changes, please ensure the unit tests are all passing.

If possible, feel free to improve coverage in a separate commit.

vendor/bin/phpunit

Code sniffer

Before pushing, please ensure you have run the code sniffer. Only run it using the lowest support PHP version (7.2)

vendor/bin/php-cs-fixer fix

Static Analyses

Before pushing, please ensure you have run the static analyses tool.

vendor/bin/phan

Benchmarks

Before pushing, please ensure you have checked the benchmarks and ensured that your code has not introduced any slowdowns.

Feel free to speed up existing code, in a separate commit.

Feel free to add more benchmarks for greater coverage, in a separate commit.

vendor/bin/phpbench run --report=speed
vendor/bin/phpbench run --report=speed --output=markdown
vendor/bin/phpbench run --report=speed --filter=benchNetFromTax --iterations=50 --revs=50000

vendor/bin/phpbench xdebug:profile
vendor/bin/phpbench xdebug:profile --gui

Documentation

This library adds a number of array functions to extend PHP's native functionality

Below you can find links to the documentation for the new features.

Function	Description
array_at	Get the nth value from an array
array_deflate	Flattens a nested array into a single level array
array_except	Return a subset of the array by passing in an array of keys to discard
array_exists	Checks if the given key or index exists in the array using dot notation for nested arrays
array_first	Get the first item from the array
array_from	Attempt to convert an input into an array
array_get	Returns a value from the array, using dot notation for nested sets
array_inflate	Expands a flattened array back into a nested array
array_is_list	Checks whether a given array is a list
array_join	Joins entries of array into a string using optional glue substring and optional final glue substring
array_key_at	Get the nth key from an array
array_last	Get the last entry in the array
array_only	Return a subset of the array by passing in an array of keys to keep
array_pull	Return and remove a key in the array using dot notation for nested arrays
array_random	Picks one or more random entries out of an array, and returns the value (or values) of the random entries
array_set	Set a key in the array using dot notation for nested arrays
array_unset	Remove a key in the array using dot notation for nested arrays