applying array_unique - php

Question

I have code to get the address which is separated by space and then fetching area details about that address so each time sql result is stored in array "resultArray" and that result is pushed to another array "returnArray" which is then displayed in the format of json.I want to remove duplicate area_id in returnArray so I used "array_unique" but it's not working .Please give some suggestion.
Sample Code:
<?php
include_once 'main.php';
$dac = new Main();
$add = $_POST['address'];
$noLines = sizeof($add);
$resultArray=array();
$returnArray=array();
$returnArrayMain=array();
while ($noLines>0)
{
$resultArray=array();
$result = $dac->area_detail($add[$noLines-1]);
$count=mysql_num_rows($result);
while($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result))
{
$resultArray[]=array('area_id' => $row['area_id'],'area_name' => $row['area_name'],'area_GISlat'=>$row['area_GISlat'],'area_GISlon'=>$row['area_GISlon']);
}
array_push($returnArray, $resultArray) ;
$noLines = $noLines-1;
}
$returnArrayMain = array_unique($returnArray);
echo json_encode($returnArrayMain);
?>

Answer 1

Here is solution with a testing associative array:
// this is testing array as you are using:
$resultArray = array(
array(
'area_id' => 12,
'area_name' => 'test',
'area_GISlat'=>'test2',
'area_GISlon'=>'test3'),
array(
'area_id' => 11,
'area_name' => 'test',
'area_GISlat'=>'test2',
'area_GISlon'=>'test3'),
array(
'area_id' => 12,
'area_name' => 'test',
'area_GISlat'=>'test2',
'area_GISlon'=>'test3')
);
// take a temporary arry
$temporaryArr = array();
// initialize key's array
$arrayKey = array();
foreach ( $resultArray as $key => $values ) {
if ( !in_array($values, $temporaryArr) ) {
$temporaryArr[] = $values; // store values in temporary array
$arrayKey[$key] = true; // store all keys in another array
}
}
// now use array_intersect_key function for intersect both array.
$requiredArr = array_intersect_key($resultArray, $arrayKey);
echo "<pre>";
print_r($requiredArr);
Result:
Array
(
[0] => Array
(
[area_id] => 12
[area_name] => test
[area_GISlat] => test2
[area_GISlon] => test3
)
[1] => Array
(
[area_id] => 11
[area_name] => test
[area_GISlat] => test2
[area_GISlon] => test3
)
)
Removed duplicate arrays.
From PHP Manual:
array_intersect_key — Computes the intersection of arrays using keys for comparison
Side note:
Also add error reporting to the top of your file(s) right after your opening <?php tag
error_reporting(E_ALL);
ini_set('display_errors', 1);

Answer 2

try this
$returnArrayMain = array_map("unserialize", array_unique(array_map("serialize", $resultArray)));

Answer 3

try this..
$returnArrayMain = uniqueAssocArray($returnArray, 'area_id');
echo json_encode($returnArrayMain);
function uniqueAssocArray($array, $uniqueKey) {
if (!is_array($array)) {
return array();
}
$uniqueKeys = array();
foreach ($array as $key => $item) {
$groupBy=$item[$uniqueKey];
if (isset( $uniqueKeys[$groupBy]))
{
//compare $item with $uniqueKeys[$groupBy] and decide if you
//want to use the new item
$replace= ...
}
else
{
$replace=true;
}
if ($replace) $uniqueKeys[$groupBy] = $item;
}
return $uniqueKeys;
}