How to Remove Duplicate Value From Array in PHP?

In this article, i will share with you how to remove duplicate values from an array in PHP using the array_unique() example.

here I will share many examples of how to remove duplicate values from an array in PHP. 

Example - 1 :

<?php
$a=array("a"=>"red","b"=>"green","c"=>"red");
print_r(array_unique($a));

Example - 2 :

$unique=array("","A1","","A2","","A1","");
$duplicated=array();

foreach($unique as $k=>$v) {

if( ($kt=array_search($v,$unique))!==false and $k!=$kt )
 { unset($unique[$kt]);  $duplicated[]=$v; }

}

sort($unique); // optional
sort($duplicated); // optional

Output :

array ( 0 => '', 1 => 'A1', 2 => 'A2', ) /* $unique */

array ( 0 => '', 1 => '', 2 => '', 3 => 'A1', ) /* $duplicated */

Example - 3 :

//Find duplicates 
$arr = array( 
    'unique', 
    'duplicate', 
    'distinct', 
    'justone', 
    'three3', 
    'duplicate', 
    'three3', 
    'three3', 
    'onlyone' 
);

$unique = array_unique($arr); 
$dupes = array_diff_key( $arr, $unique ); 
// array( 5=>'duplicate', 6=>'three3' 7=>'three3' )

// count duplicates

array_count_values($dupes); // array( 'duplicate'=>1, 'three3'=>2 )

i hope it will help you.