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PHP 7 Data Structures and Algorithms

By : Mizanur Rahman
5 (1)
Book Image

PHP 7 Data Structures and Algorithms

5 (1)
By: Mizanur Rahman

Overview of this book

PHP has always been the the go-to language for web based application development, but there are materials and resources you can refer to to see how it works. Data structures and algorithms help you to code and execute them effectively, cutting down on processing time significantly. If you want to explore data structures and algorithms in a practical way with real-life projects, then this book is for you. The book begins by introducing you to data structures and algorithms and how to solve a problem from beginning to end using them. Once you are well aware of the basics, it covers the core aspects like arrays, listed lists, stacks and queues. It will take you through several methods of finding efficient algorithms and show you which ones you should implement in each scenario. In addition to this, you will explore the possibilities of functional data structures using PHP and go through advanced algorithms and graphs as well as dynamic programming. By the end, you will be confident enough to tackle both basic and advanced data structures, understand how they work, and know when to use them in your day-to-day work
Table of Contents (14 chapters)

Using the PHP built-in function array_walk_recursive

The array_walk_recursive can be a very handy built-in function for PHP as it can traverse any size of array recursively and apply a callback function. Whether we want to find whether an element is in a multidimensional array or not, or get the total sum of the array of the multidimensional array, we can use this function without any problem.

The following code sample will produce an output of 136 when executed:

function array_sum_recursive(Array $array) { 
$sum = 0;
array_walk_recursive($array, function($v) use (&$sum) {
$sum += $v;
});

return $sum;
}

$arr =
[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, [6, 7, [8, 9, 10, [11, 12, 13, [14, 15, 16]]]]];

echo array_sum_recursive($arr);
The other two built-in recursive array functions in PHP are array_merge_recursive and array_replace_recursive. We can use them to merge multiple arrays...