Multidimensional array flattening technique still leaves empty arrays [duplicate] - php

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There are many references on S/O showing various methods to flatten a multidimensional recursive array (with more than two levels). I have been through dozens (and tried most) but I'm still running into an odd problem with every one I've tried. What I am getting as a result is:
Array
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Array
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Array
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Array
(
[0] => 1000043
[1] => 1000045
[2] => 1000050
)
Array
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Array
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Array
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Array
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Array
(
[0] => 1000030
[1] => 1000032
[2] => 1000058
[3] => 1000064
) ...
But what I'm expecting is a truly flattened single array:
Array
[0] => 1000043
[1] => 1000045
[2] => 1000050
[3] => 1000030
[4] => 1000032
[5] => 1000058
[6] => 1000064
)
The method I found on S/O is supposed to handle an "empty array" (which I assume is the problem) but I'm still getting the wrong output. Here is my code:
function array_flatten5(array $array)
{
$flat = array(); // initialize return array
$stack = array_values($array); // initialize stack
while($stack) // process stack until done
{
$value = array_shift($stack);
if (is_array($value)) // a value to further process
{
$stack = array_merge(array_values($value), $stack);
}
else // a value to take
{
$flat[] = $value;
}
}
return $flat;
}
Could someone point out what I missing here because I'm thinking it's something simple but at this point my eyes are crossed with the number of attempts I've made. Thank you for any help you can provide.
Here is the original array. It is 4-deep:
Array ( [0] => 1000043 [1] => 1000045 [2] => 1000050 ) Array ( [0] => 1000030 [1] => 1000032 [2] => 1000058 [3] => 1000064 ) Array ( [0] => 1000041 [1] => 1000059 [2] => 1000069 ) Array ( [0] => 1000021 [1] => 1000044 [2] => 1000049 [3] => 1000071 ) Array ( [0] => 1000009 [1] => 1000013 [2] => 1000015 [3] => 1000017 [4] => 1000053 ) Array ( [0] => 1000022 [1] => 1000034 [2] => 1000070 ) Array ( [0] => 1000038 [1] => 1000047 [2] => 1000055 [3] => 1000063 ) Array ( [0] => 1000019 [1] => 1000054 [2] => 1000060 [3] => 1000066 [4] => 1000068 ) Array ( [0] => 1000006 [1] => 1000014 [2] => 1000016 [3] => 1000072 ) Array ( [0] => 1000024 [1] => 1000025 [2] => 1000046 [3] => 1000061 [4] => 1000067 ) Array ( [0] => 1000028 [1] => 1000039 [2] => 1000048 ) Array ( [0] => 1000042 [1] => 1000057 ) Array ( [0] => 1000027 [1] => 1000033 [2] => 1000036 [3] => 1000037 ) Array ( [0] => 1000008 [1] => 1000010 [2] => 1000012 [3] => 1000018 ) Array ( [0] => 1000026 [1] => 1000062 [2] => 1000065 ) Array ( [0] => 1000020 [1] => 1000023 [2] => 1000031 [3] => 1000035 [4] => 1000040 ) Array ( [0] => 1000007 [1] => 1000011 [2] => 1000029 ) Array ( [0] => 1000051 [1] => 1000052 [2] => 1000056 ) Array ( [0] => 1000001 [1] => 1000002 [2] => 1000003 [3] => 1000004 [4] => 1000005 ) Array ( [0] => 1000073 )
And here is the outcome using the array_walk_recursive suggestion ...
Array
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Array
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Array
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Array
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Array
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Array
(
[0] => 1000111
[1] => 1000113
[2] => 1000129
[3] => 1000134
)
Array
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Array
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)
Array
(
[0] => 1000012
[1] => 1000085
)
Array
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) ...

Answer 1

You didn't prepare suitable array, but looking on this code you need probably just array_walk_recursive() function.
$array = [
[1, 2, 3, 4],
[[5, 6], [7, 8]],
[[[9], [10]], [11]]
];
$result = [];
array_walk_recursive($array, function ($tempV) use (&$result) {
$result[] = $tempV;
});
print_r($result);
Output:
Array
(
[0] => 1
[1] => 2
[2] => 3
[3] => 4
[4] => 5
[5] => 6
[6] => 7
[7] => 8
[8] => 9
[9] => 10
[10] => 11
)