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📚 Array

all

Returns true if the provided function returns true for all elements of an array, false otherwise.

function all($items, $func)
{
    return count(array_filter($items, $func)) === count($items);
}

Examples

all([2, 3, 4, 5], function ($item) {
    return $item > 1;
}); // true

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any

Returns true if the provided function returns true for at least one element of an array, false otherwise.

function any($items, $func)
{
    return count(array_filter($items, $func)) > 0;
}

Examples

any([1, 2, 3, 4], function ($item) {
    return $item < 2;
}); // true

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deepFlatten

Deep flattens an array.

function deepFlatten($items)
{
    $result = [];
    foreach ($items as $item) {
        if (!is_array($item)) {
            $result[] = $item;
        } else {
            $result = array_merge($result, deepFlatten($item));
        }
    }

    return $result;
}

Examples

deepFlatten([1, [2], [[3], 4], 5]); // [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

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drop

Returns a new array with n elements removed from the left.

function drop($items, $n = 1)
{
    return array_slice($items, $n);
}

Examples

drop([1, 2, 3]); // [2,3]
drop([1, 2, 3], 2); // [3]

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findLast

Returns the last element for which the provided function returns a truthy value.

function findLast($items, $func)
{
    $filteredItems = array_filter($items, $func);

    return array_pop($filteredItems);
}

Examples

findLast([1, 2, 3, 4], function ($n) {
    return ($n % 2) === 1;
});
// 3

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findLastIndex

Returns the index of the last element for which the provided function returns a truthy value.

function findLastIndex($items, $func)
{
    $keys = array_keys(array_filter($items, $func));

    return array_pop($keys);
}

Examples

findLastIndex([1, 2, 3, 4], function ($n) {
    return ($n % 2) === 1;
});
// 2

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flatten

Flattens an array up to the one level depth.

function flatten($items)
{
    $result = [];
    foreach ($items as $item) {
        if (!is_array($item)) {
            $result[] = $item;
        } else {
            $result = array_merge($result, array_values($item));
        }
    }

    return $result;
}

Examples

flatten([1, [2], 3, 4]); // [1, 2, 3, 4]

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groupBy

Groups the elements of an array based on the given function.

function groupBy($items, $func)
{
    $group = [];
    foreach ($items as $item) {
        if ((!is_string($func) && is_callable($func)) || function_exists($func)) {
            $key = call_user_func($func, $item);
            $group[$key][] = $item;
        } elseif (is_object($item)) {
            $group[$item->{$func}][] = $item;
        } elseif (isset($item[$func])) {
            $group[$item[$func]][] = $item;
        }
    }

    return $group;
}

Examples

groupBy(['one', 'two', 'three'], 'strlen'); // [3 => ['one', 'two'], 5 => ['three']]

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hasDuplicates

Checks a flat list for duplicate values. Returns true if duplicate values exists and false if values are all unique.

function hasDuplicates($items)
{
    return count($items) > count(array_unique($items));
}

Examples

hasDuplicates([1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5]); // true

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head

Returns the head of a list.

function head($items)
{
    return reset($items);
}

Examples

head([1, 2, 3]); // 1

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last

Returns the last element in an array.

function last($items)
{
    return end($items);
}

Examples

last([1, 2, 3]); // 3

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pluck

Retrieves all of the values for a given key:

function pluck($items, $key)
{
    return array_map( function($item) use ($key) {
        return is_object($item) ? $item->$key : $item[$key];
    }, $items);
}

Examples

pluck([
    ['product_id' => 'prod-100', 'name' => 'Desk'],
    ['product_id' => 'prod-200', 'name' => 'Chair'],
], 'name');
// ['Desk', 'Chair']

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pull

Mutates the original array to filter out the values specified.

function pull(&$items, ...$params)
{
    $items = array_values(array_diff($items, $params));
    return $items;
}

Examples

$items = ['a', 'b', 'c', 'a', 'b', 'c'];
pull($items, 'a', 'c'); // $items will be ['b', 'b']

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reject

Filters the collection using the given callback.

function reject($items, $func)
{
    return array_values(array_diff($items, array_filter($items, $func)));
}

Examples

reject(['Apple', 'Pear', 'Kiwi', 'Banana'], function ($item) {
    return strlen($item) > 4;
}); // ['Pear', 'Kiwi']

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remove

Removes elements from an array for which the given function returns false.

function remove($items, $func)
{
    $filtered = array_filter($items, $func);

    return array_diff_key($items, $filtered);
}

Examples

remove([1, 2, 3, 4], function ($n) {
    return ($n % 2) === 0;
});
// [0 => 1, 2 => 3]

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tail

Returns all elements in an array except for the first one.

function tail($items)
{
    return count($items) > 1 ? array_slice($items, 1) : $items;
}

Examples

tail([1, 2, 3]); // [2, 3]

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take

Returns an array with n elements removed from the beginning.

function take($items, $n = 1)
{
    return array_slice($items, 0, $n);
}

Examples

take([1, 2, 3], 5); // [1, 2, 3]
take([1, 2, 3, 4, 5], 2); // [1, 2]

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without

Filters out the elements of an array, that have one of the specified values.

function without($items, ...$params)
{
    return array_values(array_diff($items, $params));
}

Examples

without([2, 1, 2, 3], 1, 2); // [3]

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orderBy

Sorts a collection of arrays or objects by key.

function orderBy($items, $attr, $order)
{
    $sortedItems = [];
    foreach ($items as $item) {
        $key = is_object($item) ? $item->{$attr} : $item[$attr];
        $sortedItems[$key] = $item;
    }
    if ($order === 'desc') {
        krsort($sortedItems);
    } else {
        ksort($sortedItems);
    }

    return array_values($sortedItems);
}

Examples

orderBy(
    [
        ['id' => 2, 'name' => 'Joy'],
        ['id' => 3, 'name' => 'Khaja'],
        ['id' => 1, 'name' => 'Raja']
    ],
    'id',
    'desc'
); // [['id' => 3, 'name' => 'Khaja'], ['id' => 2, 'name' => 'Joy'], ['id' => 1, 'name' => 'Raja']]

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➗ Math

average

Returns the average of two or more numbers.

function average(...$items)
{
    $count = count($items);
    
    return $count === 0 ? 0 : array_sum($items) / $count;
}

Examples

average(1, 2, 3); // 2

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factorial

Calculates the factorial of a number.

function factorial($n)
{
    if ($n <= 1) {
        return 1;
    }

    return $n * factorial($n - 1);
}

Examples

factorial(6); // 720

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fibonacci

Generates an array, containing the Fibonacci sequence, up until the nth term.

function fibonacci($n)
{
    $sequence = [0, 1];

    for ($i = 2; $i < $n; $i++) {
        $sequence[$i] = $sequence[$i-1] + $sequence[$i-2];
    }

    return $sequence;
}

Examples

fibonacci(6); // [0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5]

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gcd

Calculates the greatest common divisor between two or more numbers.

function gcd(...$numbers)
{
    if (count($numbers) > 2) {
        return array_reduce($numbers, 'gcd');
    }

    $r = $numbers[0] % $numbers[1];
    return $r === 0 ? abs($numbers[1]) : gcd($numbers[1], $r);
}

Examples

gcd(8, 36); // 4
gcd(12, 8, 32); // 4

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isEven

Returns true if the given number is even, false otherwise.

function isEven($number)
{
    return ($number % 2) === 0;
}

Examples

isEven(4); // true

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isPrime

Checks if the provided integer is a prime number.

function isPrime($number)
{
    $boundary = floor(sqrt($number));
    for ($i = 2; $i <= $boundary; $i++) {
        if ($number % $i === 0) {
            return false;
        }
    }

    return $number >= 2;
}

Examples

isPrime(3); // true

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lcm

Returns the least common multiple of two or more numbers.

function lcm(...$numbers)
{
    $ans = $numbers[0];
    for ($i = 1, $max = count($numbers); $i < $max; $i++) {
        $ans = (($numbers[$i] * $ans) / gcd($numbers[$i], $ans));
    }

    return $ans;
}

Examples

lcm(12, 7); // 84
lcm(1, 3, 4, 5); // 60

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median

Returns the median of an array of numbers.

function median($numbers)
{
    sort($numbers);
    $totalNumbers = count($numbers);
    $mid = floor($totalNumbers / 2);

    return ($totalNumbers % 2) === 0 ? ($numbers[$mid - 1] + $numbers[$mid]) / 2 : $numbers[$mid];
}

Examples

median([1, 3, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9]); // 6
median([1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 9]); // 4.5

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maxN

Returns the n maximum elements from the provided array.

function maxN($numbers)
{
    $maxValue = max($numbers);
    $maxValueArray = array_filter($numbers, function ($value) use ($maxValue) {
        return $maxValue === $value;
    });

    return count($maxValueArray);
}

Examples

maxN([1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5]); // 2
maxN([1, 2, 3, 4, 5]); // 1

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minN

Returns the n minimum elements from the provided array.

function minN($numbers)
{
    $minValue = min($numbers);
    $minValueArray = array_filter($numbers, function ($value) use ($minValue) {
        return $minValue === $value;
    });

    return count($minValueArray);
}

Examples

minN([1, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5]); // 2
minN([1, 2, 3, 4, 5]); // 1

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approximatelyEqual

Checks if two numbers are approximately equal to each other.

Use abs() to compare the absolute difference of the two values to epsilon. Omit the third parameter, epsilon, to use a default value of 0.001.

function approximatelyEqual($number1, $number2, $epsilon = 0.001)
{
    return abs($number1 - $number2) < $epsilon;
}

Examples

approximatelyEqual(10.0, 10.00001); // true

approximatelyEqual(10.0, 10.01); // false

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clampNumber

Clamps num within the inclusive range specified by the boundary values a and b.

If num falls within the range, return num. Otherwise, return the nearest number in the range.

function clampNumber($num, $a, $b)
{
    return max(min($num, max($a, $b)), min($a, $b));
}

Examples

clampNumber(2, 3, 5); // 3
clampNumber(1, -1, -5); // -1

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📜 String

endsWith

Check if a string is ends with a given substring.

function endsWith($haystack, $needle)
{
    return strrpos($haystack, $needle) === (strlen($haystack) - strlen($needle));
}

Examples

endsWith('Hi, this is me', 'me'); // true

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firstStringBetween

Returns the first string there is between the strings from the parameter start and end.

function firstStringBetween($haystack, $start, $end)
{
    return trim(strstr(strstr($haystack, $start), $end, true), $start . $end);
}

Examples

firstStringBetween('This is a [custom] string', '[', ']'); // custom

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isAnagram

Compare two strings and returns true if both strings are anagram, false otherwise.

function isAnagram($string1, $string2)
{
    return count_chars($string1, 1) === count_chars($string2, 1);
}

Examples

isAnagram('act', 'cat'); // true

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isLowerCase

Returns true if the given string is lower case, false otherwise.

function isLowerCase($string)
{
    return $string === strtolower($string);
}

Examples

isLowerCase('Morning shows the day!'); // false
isLowerCase('hello'); // true

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isUpperCase

Returns true if the given string is upper case, false otherwise.

function isUpperCase($string)
{
    return $string === strtoupper($string);
}

Examples

isUpperCase('MORNING SHOWS THE DAY!'); // true
isUpperCase('qUick Fox'); // false

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palindrome

Returns true if the given string is a palindrome, false otherwise.

function palindrome($string)
{
    return strrev($string) === (string) $string;
}

Examples

palindrome('racecar'); // true
palindrome(2221222); // true

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startsWith

Check if a string starts with a given substring.

function startsWith($haystack, $needle)
{
    return strpos($haystack, $needle) === 0;
}

Examples

startsWith('Hi, this is me', 'Hi'); // true

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countVowels

Returns number of vowels in provided string.

Use a regular expression to count the number of vowels (A, E, I, O, U) in a string.

function countVowels($string)
{
    preg_match_all('/[aeiou]/i', $string, $matches);

    return count($matches[0]);
}

Examples

countVowels('sampleInput'); // 4

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decapitalize

Decapitalizes the first letter of a string.

Decapitalizes the first letter of the string and then adds it with rest of the string. Omit the upperRest parameter to keep the rest of the string intact, or set it to true to convert to uppercase.

function decapitalize($string, $upperRest = false)
{
    return lcfirst($upperRest ? strtoupper($string) : $string);
}

Examples

decapitalize('FooBar'); // 'fooBar'

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isContains

Check if a word / substring exist in a given string input. Using strpos to find the position of the first occurrence of a substring in a string. Returns either true or false

function isContains($string, $needle)
{
    return strpos($string, $needle);
}

Examples

isContains('This is an example string', 'example'); // true

isContains('This is an example string', 'hello'); // false

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🎛️ Function

compose

Return a new function that composes multiple functions into a single callable.

function compose(...$functions)
{
    return array_reduce(
        $functions,
        function ($carry, $function) {
            return function ($x) use ($carry, $function) {
                return $function($carry($x));
            };
        },
        function ($x) {
            return $x;
        }
    );
}

Examples

$compose = compose(
    // add 2
    function ($x) {
        return $x + 2;
    },
    // multiply 4
    function ($x) {
        return $x * 4;
    }
);
$compose(3); // 20

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memoize

Memoization of a function results in memory.

function memoize($func)
{
    return function () use ($func) {
        static $cache = [];

        $args = func_get_args();
        $key = serialize($args);
        $cached = true;

        if (!isset($cache[$key])) {
            $cache[$key] = $func(...$args);
            $cached = false;
        }

        return ['result' => $cache[$key], 'cached' => $cached];
    };
}

Examples

$memoizedAdd = memoize(
    function ($num) {
        return $num + 10;
    }
);

var_dump($memoizedAdd(5)); // ['result' => 15, 'cached' => false]
var_dump($memoizedAdd(6)); // ['result' => 16, 'cached' => false]
var_dump($memoizedAdd(5)); // ['result' => 15, 'cached' => true]

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curry

Curries a function to take arguments in multiple calls.

function curry($function)
{
    $accumulator = function ($arguments) use ($function, &$accumulator) {
        return function (...$args) use ($function, $arguments, $accumulator) {
            $arguments = array_merge($arguments, $args);
            $reflection = new ReflectionFunction($function);
            $totalArguments = $reflection->getNumberOfRequiredParameters();

            if ($totalArguments <= count($arguments)) {
                return $function(...$arguments);
            }

            return $accumulator($arguments);
        };
    };

    return $accumulator([]);
}

Examples

$curriedAdd = curry(
    function ($a, $b) {
        return $a + $b;
    }
);

$add10 = $curriedAdd(10);
var_dump($add10(15)); // 25

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once

Call a function only once.

function once($function)
{
    return function (...$args) use ($function) {
        static $called = false;
        if ($called) {
            return;
        }
        $called = true;
        return $function(...$args);
    };
}

Examples

$add = function ($a, $b) {
    return $a + $b;
};

$once = once($add);

var_dump($once(10, 5)); // 15
var_dump($once(20, 10)); // null

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variadicFunction

Variadic functions allows you to capture a variable number of arguments to a function.

The function accepts any number of variables to execute the code. It uses a for loop to iterate over the parameters.

function variadicFunction($operands)
{
    $sum = 0;
    foreach($operands as $singleOperand) {
        $sum += $singleOperand;
    }
    return $sum;
}

Examples

variadicFunction([1, 2]); // 3
variadicFunction([1, 2, 3, 4]); // 10

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Contribute

You're always welcome to contribute to this project. Please read the contribution guide.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the License File for details

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30 seconds of php code

Table of Contents

📚 Array

➗ Math

📜 String

🎛️ Function

📚 Array

all

any

deepFlatten

drop

findLast

findLastIndex

flatten

groupBy

hasDuplicates

head

last

pluck

pull

reject

remove

tail

take

without

orderBy

➗ Math

average

factorial

fibonacci

gcd

isEven

isPrime

lcm

median

maxN

minN

approximatelyEqual

clampNumber

📜 String

endsWith

firstStringBetween

isAnagram

isLowerCase

isUpperCase

palindrome

startsWith

countVowels

decapitalize

isContains

🎛️ Function

compose

memoize

curry

once

variadicFunction

Contribute

License