I want to sort the array in order to find the most common word placed in it

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I want to sort the array in order to find the most common word placed in it here is the array:-

Array ( [0] => Array ( [0] => this [1] => burger [2] => is [3] => owsum ) [1] 
=> Array ( [0] => this [1] => burger [2] => is [3] => owsum ) [2] => Array ( 
[0] => love [1] => this [2] => burger ) [3] => Array ( [0] => love [1] => this 
[2] => burger ) [4] => Array ( [0] => kamaaal [1] => burger ) [5] => Array ( 
[0] => kamaaal [1] => burger ) [6] => Array ( [0] => this [1] => burger [2] => 
is [3] => owsum ) )

If you are trying to get element that are repeated the most use try finding the duplicate elements in the array. [see this](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/13633954/how-do-i-count-occurrence-of-duplicate-items-in-array) . but I think you should have a proper array first. — Regolith, Jul 15 '17 at 10:38
First flatten the array (`iterator_to_array(new RecursiveIteratorIterator(new RecursiveArrayIterator($input)),false)`) then use [`array_count_values`](http://php.net/array-count-values) — Niet the Dark Absol, Jul 15 '17 at 10:39

Osama · Answer 1 · 2017-07-15T13:28:59.060

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$max= array();
foreach ($arr as $key => $value){
    foreach ($value as $key2 => $value2){
        $index = $value2;
        if (array_key_exists($index, $max)){
            $max[$index]++;
        } else {
            $max[$index] = 1;
        }
    }
}
echo array_search(max($max),$max);

edited Jul 15 '17 at 13:28

answered Jul 15 '17 at 10:47

Osama

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but as i coded according to your answer it gives me repeating items stored in array.. here is the output : array (size=8) '0-this' => int 3 '1-burger' => int 5 '2-is' => int 3 '3-owsum' => int 3 '0-love' => int 2 '1-this' => int 2 '2-burger' => int 2 '0-kamaaal' => int 2 – Muhammad Hassan Jul 15 '17 at 11:42
its not working exactly,which i want..this time it returns only 7 – Muhammad Hassan Jul 15 '17 at 12:29
Sory this time it is ok I use my mobile and don't check the code – Osama Jul 15 '17 at 13:34
you r just rocking...u solved my problem ...thanks again – Muhammad Hassan Jul 16 '17 at 02:49

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 15 '17 at 10:59

$a = Array (
    '0' => Array ( '0' => 'this', '1' => 'burger', '2' => 'is', '3' => 'owsum', ) ,
    '1' => Array ( '0' => 'this', '1' => 'burger', '2' => 'is', '3' => 'owsum', ) ,
    '2' => Array ( '0' => 'love', '1' => 'this',  '2' => 'burger', ) ,
    '3' => Array ( '0' => 'love', '1' => 'this',  '2' => 'burger', ) ,
    '4' => Array ( '0' => 'kamaaal', '1' => 'burger', ) ,
    '5' => Array ( '0' => 'kamaaal', '1' => 'burger', ) ,
    '6' => Array ( '0' => 'this', '1' => 'burger', '2' => 'is', '3' => 'owsum', ) ,
);
// Merge all subarrays into one
$merged = call_user_func_array('array_merge', $a);

// Apply `array_count_values` to count number of occurencies
$count_values = array_count_values($merged);

// Sort this array preserving keys
arsort($count_values);

// Do whatever you want - iterate with foreach, get first element etc.

I want to sort the array in order to find the most common word placed in it

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