Finding common values in array

Question

I was wondering how I would go about displaying the most common values in an array, so far my script gives the single most common value but what if I wanted the 5 most common?

function array_most_common($array) {
   $counted = array_count_values($array); 
   arsort($counted); 
   return(key($counted));       
}

echo array_most_common($array);

Many thanks.

Jason McCreary · Accepted Answer · 2011-07-19 02:27:32Z

2

Seems like you have it. I'd simply modify your function to return the the whole array so you can perform whatever logic you want afterwards:

function array_most_common($array) {
  return arsort(array_count_values($array));
}

edited Jul 19, 2011 at 2:27

answered Jul 19, 2011 at 2:22

Jason McCreary

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