ArrayDiff Calculator

ArrayDiff Calculator works similar to a php function array_diff_assoc but calculates a difference of arrays in a better way due to:

• using expressions (value matching),
• providing extended information about an array difference.

Example

$array1 = ['a' => 8, 'b' => 2, 'c' => 3];
$array2 = ['a' => 6, 'b' => 2, 'd' => 3];

$calc = new Calculator(new SimpleMatcher());
$diff = $calc->calculateDiff($array1, $array2);

print $diff->toString();

outputs:

missing:
    -
        key_path: c
        expected: 3
unmatched:
    -
        key_path: a
        expected: 8
        actual: 6

because

• Item with the key 'c' is missing in array2
• Items with key 'a' have different values (unmatched)

Advanced example

Let's assume we have two arrays:

$array1 = [ 'name' => '', 'price' => ' ', 'in_stock' => '', 'isbns' => [ 'isbn-10' => '', ], 'pages' => '', ];

$array2 = [ 'name' => 'The Lord of the Rings', 'price' => '25.99 EUR', 'in_stock' => true, 'isbns' => [ 'isbn-10' => '1230260002385', ], 'pages' => 567, ];

You can calculate a difference of these arrays using an expression matching:

$calc = new Calculator(new ExpressionMatcher());
$diff = $calc->calculateDiff($array1, $array2);

print $diff->toString();

It returns:

missing: {  }
unmatched:
    -
        key_path: pages
        expected: '<type.datetime>'
        actual: 567

because

• keys of array1 match keys of array2, so there are no missing items
• string 'The Lord of the Rings' matches the expression <type.string>
• '25.99 EUR' matches the compound expression <type.float(2)> <type.string>
• 'true' matches the expression <type.boolean>
• isbn value '1230260002385' matches the expression <type.string>
• page count '567' doesn't match the expression <type.datetime>

Expressions have syntax <expresion-name(param1, param2,...)>.