array_diff doesn't work (PHP) - php

Question

I have 2 array in my code, like the shown below:
<?php
$kalimat = "I just want to search something like visual odometry, dude";
$kata = array();
$eliminasi = " \n . ,;:-()?!";
$tokenizing = strtok($kalimat, $eliminasi);
while ($tokenizing !== false) {
$kata[] = $tokenizing;
$tokenizing = strtok($eliminasi);
}
$sumkata = count($kata);
print "<pre>";
print_r($kata);
print "</pre>";
//stop list
$file = fopen("stoplist.txt","r") or die("fail to open file");
$stoplist;
$i = 0;
while($row = fgets($file)){
$data = explode(",", $row);
$stoplist[$i] = $data;
$i++;
}
fclose($file);
$count = count($stoplist);
//Cange 2 dimention array become 1 dimention
for($i=0;$i<$count;$i++){
for($j=0; $j<1; $j++){
$stopword[$i] = $stoplist[$i][$j];
}
}
//Filtering process
$hasilfilter = array_diff($kata,$stopword);
var_dump($hasilfilter);
?>
$stopword contain of some stop word like attached in http://xpo6.com/list-of-english-stop-words/
All I wanna do is: I want to check if save the element that exist in array $kata and it is not exist in array $stopword
So I want to delete all the element that exist in both array $kata and $stopword .
I read some suggestion to use array_diff , but somehow it doesn't work to me. Really need your help :( Thanks.

Answer 1

array_diff is what you need, you are right. Here is a simplified version of what you try to do:
<?php
// Your string $kalimat as an array of words, this already works in your example.
$kata = ['I', 'just', 'want', 'to', '...'];
// I can't test $stopword code, because I don't have your file.
// So let's say it's a array with the word 'just'
$stopword = ['just'];
// array_diff gives you what you want
var_dump(array_diff($kata,$stopword));
// It will display your array minus "just": ['I', 'want', 'to', '...']
You should also double check the value of $stopword, I can't test this part (don't have your file). If it does not work for you, I guess the problem is with this variable ($stopword)

Answer 2

There is a problem in your $stopword array. var_dump it to see the issue.array_diff is working correct.
Try following code I wrote to make your $stopword array right:
<?php
$kalimat = "I just want to search something like visual odometry, dude";
$kata = array();
$eliminasi = " \n . ,;:-()?!";
$tokenizing = strtok($kalimat, $eliminasi);
while ($tokenizing !== false) {
$kata[] = $tokenizing;
$tokenizing = strtok($eliminasi);
}
$sumkata = count($kata);
print "<pre>";
print_r($kata);
print "</pre>";
//stop list
$file = fopen("stoplist.txt","r") or die("fail to open file");
$stoplist;
$i = 0;
while($row = fgets($file)){
$data = explode(",", $row);
$stoplist[$i] = $data;
$i++;
}
fclose($file);
$count = count($stoplist);
//Cange 2 dimention array become 1 dimention
$stopword= call_user_func_array('array_merge', $stoplist);
$new = array();
foreach($stopword as $st){
$new[] = explode(' ', $st);
}
$new2= call_user_func_array('array_merge', $new);
foreach($new2 as &$n){
$n = trim($n);
}
$new3 = array_unique($new2);
unset($stopword,$new,$new2);
$stopword = $new3;
unset($new3);
//Filtering process
$hasilfilter = array_diff($kata,$stopword);
print "<pre>";
var_dump($hasilfilter);
print "</pre>";
?>
I hope it helps