PHP array_count_values function

It counts the number of times a value appears in the provided array and returns an associative array where the keys are the values from the provided array, and the values are the number of times the value appears in the provided array.

array_count_values(array $array): array

$quantity = array_count_values($array_proporcionado);

Parameters

$array – the array provided

Return

It returns an associative array with keys that are the values from the provided array, and values that are the number of times each value appears.

Example

This is a simple example where we will see how many times each name repeats.

$array = array("Julio", "Rodrigo", "Juan", "Pedro", "Paolo","Rodrigo","Rodrigo","Juan","Antonio","Nahuel");
print_r(array_count_values($array));

Array
(
    [Julio] => 1
    [Rodrigo] => 3
    [Juan] => 2
    [Pedro] => 1
    [Paolo] => 1
    [Antonio] => 1
    [Nahuel] => 1
)