php split array into smaller even arrays

Question

I have a function that is supposed to split my array into smaller, evenly distributed arrays, however it seems to be duplicating my data along the way. If anyone can help me out that'd be great.

Here's the original array:

Array
(
    [0] => stdClass Object
        (
            [bid] => 42
            [name] => Ray White Mordialloc
            [imageurl] => sp_raywhite.gif
            [clickurl] => http://www.raywhite.com/
        )

    [1] => stdClass Object
        (
            [bid] => 48
            [name] => Beachside Osteo
            [imageurl] => sp_beachside.gif
            [clickurl] => http://www.beachsideosteo.com.au/
        )

    [2] => stdClass Object
        (
            [bid] => 53
            [name] => Carmotive
            [imageurl] => sp_carmotive.jpg
            [clickurl] => http://www.carmotive.com.au/
        )

    [3] => stdClass Object
        (
            [bid] => 51
            [name] => Richmond and Bennison
            [imageurl] => sp_richmond.jpg
            [clickurl] => http://www.richbenn.com.au/
        )

    [4] => stdClass Object
        (
            [bid] => 50
            [name] => Letec
            [imageurl] => sp_letec.jpg
            [clickurl] => www.letec.biz
        )

    [5] => stdClass Object
        (
            [bid] => 39
            [name] => Main Street Mordialloc
            [imageurl] => main street cafe.jpg
            [clickurl] => 
        )

    [6] => stdClass Object
        (
            [bid] => 40
            [name] => Ripponlea Mitsubishi
            [imageurl] => sp_mitsubishi.gif
            [clickurl] => 
        )

    [7] => stdClass Object
        (
            [bid] => 34
            [name] => Adrianos Pizza & Pasta
            [imageurl] => sp_adrian.gif
            [clickurl] => 
        )

    [8] => stdClass Object
        (
            [bid] => 59
            [name] => Pure Sport
            [imageurl] => sp_psport.jpg
            [clickurl] => http://www.puresport.com.au/
        )

    [9] => stdClass Object
        (
            [bid] => 33
            [name] => Two Brothers
            [imageurl] => sp_2brothers.gif
            [clickurl] => http://www.2brothers.com.au/
        )

    [10] => stdClass Object
        (
            [bid] => 52
            [name] => Mordialloc Travel and Cruise
            [imageurl] => sp_morditravel.jpg
            [clickurl] => http://www.yellowpages.com.au/vic/mordialloc/mordialloc-travel-cruise-13492525-listing.html
        )

    [11] => stdClass Object
        (
            [bid] => 57
            [name] => Southern Suburbs Physiotherapy Centre
            [imageurl] => sp_sspc.jpg
            [clickurl] => http://www.sspc.com.au
        )

    [12] => stdClass Object
        (
            [bid] => 54
            [name] => PPM Builders
            [imageurl] => sp_ppm.jpg
            [clickurl] => http://www.hotfrog.com.au/Companies/P-P-M-Builders
        )

    [13] => stdClass Object
        (
            [bid] => 36
            [name] => Big River
            [imageurl] => sp_bigriver.gif
            [clickurl] => 
        )

    [14] => stdClass Object
        (
            [bid] => 35
            [name] => Bendigo Bank Parkdale / Mentone East
            [imageurl] => sp_bendigo.gif
            [clickurl] => http://www.bendigobank.com.au
        )

    [15] => stdClass Object
        (
            [bid] => 56
            [name] => Logical Services
            [imageurl] => sp_logical.jpg
            [clickurl] => 
        )

    [16] => stdClass Object
        (
            [bid] => 58
            [name] => Dicount Lollie Shop
            [imageurl] => new dls logo.jpg
            [clickurl] => 
        )

    [17] => stdClass Object
        (
            [bid] => 46
            [name] => Patterson Securities
            [imageurl] => cmyk patersons_withtag.jpg
            [clickurl] => 
        )

    [18] => stdClass Object
        (
            [bid] => 44
            [name] => Mordialloc Personal Trainers
            [imageurl] => sp_mordipt.gif
            [clickurl] => #
        )

    [19] => stdClass Object
        (
            [bid] => 37
            [name] => Mordialloc Cellar Door
            [imageurl] => sp_cellardoor.gif
            [clickurl] => 
        )

    [20] => stdClass Object
        (
            [bid] => 41
            [name] => Print House Graphics
            [imageurl] => sp_printhouse.gif
            [clickurl] => 
        )

    [21] => stdClass Object
        (
            [bid] => 55
            [name] => 360South
            [imageurl] => sp_360.jpg
            [clickurl] => 
        )

    [22] => stdClass Object
        (
            [bid] => 43
            [name] => Systema
            [imageurl] => sp_systema.gif
            [clickurl] => 
        )

    [23] => stdClass Object
        (
            [bid] => 38
            [name] => Lowe Financial Group
            [imageurl] => sp_lowe.gif
            [clickurl] => http://lowefinancial.com/
        )

    [24] => stdClass Object
        (
            [bid] => 49
            [name] => Kim Reed Conveyancing
            [imageurl] => sp_kimreed.jpg
            [clickurl] => 
        )

    [25] => stdClass Object
        (
            [bid] => 45
            [name] => Mordialloc Sporting Club
            [imageurl] => msc logo.jpg
            [clickurl] => 
        )

)

Here's the php function which is meant to split the array:

function split_array($array, $slices) { 

        $perGroup = floor(count($array) / $slices);
        $Remainder = count($array) % $slices ;
        $slicesArray = array();

        $i = 0;
        while( $i < $slices ) {
            $slicesArray[$i] = array_slice($array, $i * $perGroup, $perGroup);
            $i++;
        }

        if ( $i == $slices ) { 
            if ($Remainder > 0 && $Remainder < $slices) {

                $z = $i * $perGroup +1;
                $x = 0;
                while ($x < $Remainder) {

                    $slicesRemainderArray = array_slice($array, $z, $Remainder+$x);
                    $remainderItems = array_merge($slicesArray[$x],$slicesRemainderArray);
                    $slicesArray[$x] = $remainderItems;

                $x++;
                $z++;
                }
            }
        };

        return $slicesArray;
    }

Here's the result of the split (it somehow duplicates items from the original array into the smaller arrays):

Array
(
    [0] => Array
        (
            [0] => stdClass Object
                (
                    [bid] => 57
                    [name] => Southern Suburbs Physiotherapy Centre
                    [imageurl] => sp_sspc.jpg
                    [clickurl] => http://www.sspc.com.au
                )

            [1] => stdClass Object
                (
                    [bid] => 35
                    [name] => Bendigo Bank Parkdale / Mentone East
                    [imageurl] => sp_bendigo.gif
                    [clickurl] => http://www.bendigobank.com.au
                )

            [2] => stdClass Object
                (
                    [bid] => 38
                    [name] => Lowe Financial Group
                    [imageurl] => sp_lowe.gif
                    [clickurl] => http://lowefinancial.com/
                )

            [3] => stdClass Object
                (
                    [bid] => 39
                    [name] => Main Street Mordialloc
                    [imageurl] => main street cafe.jpg
                    [clickurl] => 
                )

            [4] => stdClass Object
                (
                    [bid] => 48
                    [name] => Beachside Osteo
                    [imageurl] => sp_beachside.gif
                    [clickurl] => http://www.beachsideosteo.com.au/
                )

            [5] => stdClass Object
                (
                    [bid] => 33
                    [name] => Two Brothers
                    [imageurl] => sp_2brothers.gif
                    [clickurl] => http://www.2brothers.com.au/
                )

            [6] => stdClass Object
                (
                    [bid] => 40
                    [name] => Ripponlea Mitsubishi
                    [imageurl] => sp_mitsubishi.gif
                    [clickurl] => 
                )

        )

    [1] => Array
        (
            [0] => stdClass Object
                (
                    [bid] => 44
                    [name] => Mordialloc Personal Trainers
                    [imageurl] => sp_mordipt.gif
                    [clickurl] => #
                )

            [1] => stdClass Object
                (
                    [bid] => 41
                    [name] => Print House Graphics
                    [imageurl] => sp_printhouse.gif
                    [clickurl] => 
                )

            [2] => stdClass Object
                (
                    [bid] => 39
                    [name] => Main Street Mordialloc
                    [imageurl] => main street cafe.jpg
                    [clickurl] => 
                )

            [3] => stdClass Object
                (
                    [bid] => 48
                    [name] => Beachside Osteo
                    [imageurl] => sp_beachside.gif
                    [clickurl] => http://www.beachsideosteo.com.au/
                )

            [4] => stdClass Object
                (
                    [bid] => 33
                    [name] => Two Brothers
                    [imageurl] => sp_2brothers.gif
                    [clickurl] => http://www.2brothers.com.au/
                )

            [5] => stdClass Object
                (
                    [bid] => 40
                    [name] => Ripponlea Mitsubishi
                    [imageurl] => sp_mitsubishi.gif
                    [clickurl] => 
                )

        )

    [2] => Array
        (
            [0] => stdClass Object
                (
                    [bid] => 56
                    [name] => Logical Services
                    [imageurl] => sp_logical.jpg
                    [clickurl] => 
                )

            [1] => stdClass Object
                (
                    [bid] => 43
                    [name] => Systema
                    [imageurl] => sp_systema.gif
                    [clickurl] => 
                )

            [2] => stdClass Object
                (
                    [bid] => 48
                    [name] => Beachside Osteo
                    [imageurl] => sp_beachside.gif
                    [clickurl] => http://www.beachsideosteo.com.au/
                )

            [3] => stdClass Object
                (
                    [bid] => 33
                    [name] => Two Brothers
                    [imageurl] => sp_2brothers.gif
                    [clickurl] => http://www.2brothers.com.au/
                )

            [4] => stdClass Object
                (
                    [bid] => 40
                    [name] => Ripponlea Mitsubishi
                    [imageurl] => sp_mitsubishi.gif
                    [clickurl] => 
                )

        )

    [3] => Array
        (
            [0] => stdClass Object
                (
                    [bid] => 53
                    [name] => Carmotive
                    [imageurl] => sp_carmotive.jpg
                    [clickurl] => http://www.carmotive.com.au/
                )

            [1] => stdClass Object
                (
                    [bid] => 45
                    [name] => Mordialloc Sporting Club
                    [imageurl] => msc logo.jpg
                    [clickurl] => 
                )

            [2] => stdClass Object
                (
                    [bid] => 33
                    [name] => Two Brothers
                    [imageurl] => sp_2brothers.gif
                    [clickurl] => http://www.2brothers.com.au/
                )

            [3] => stdClass Object
                (
                    [bid] => 40
                    [name] => Ripponlea Mitsubishi
                    [imageurl] => sp_mitsubishi.gif
                    [clickurl] => 
                )

        )

    [4] => Array
        (
            [0] => stdClass Object
                (
                    [bid] => 59
                    [name] => Pure Sport
                    [imageurl] => sp_psport.jpg
                    [clickurl] => http://www.puresport.com.au/
                )

            [1] => stdClass Object
                (
                    [bid] => 54
                    [name] => PPM Builders
                    [imageurl] => sp_ppm.jpg
                    [clickurl] => http://www.hotfrog.com.au/Companies/P-P-M-Builders
                )

            [2] => stdClass Object
                (
                    [bid] => 40
                    [name] => Ripponlea Mitsubishi
                    [imageurl] => sp_mitsubishi.gif
                    [clickurl] => 
                )

        )

    [5] => Array
        (
            [0] => stdClass Object
                (
                    [bid] => 46
                    [name] => Patterson Securities
                    [imageurl] => cmyk patersons_withtag.jpg
                    [clickurl] => 
                )

            [1] => stdClass Object
                (
                    [bid] => 34
                    [name] => Adriano's Pizza & Pasta
                    [imageurl] => sp_adrian.gif
                    [clickurl] => #
                )

        )

    [6] => Array
        (
            [0] => stdClass Object
                (
                    [bid] => 55
                    [name] => 360South
                    [imageurl] => sp_360.jpg
                    [clickurl] => 
                )

            [1] => stdClass Object
                (
                    [bid] => 37
                    [name] => Mordialloc Cellar Door
                    [imageurl] => sp_cellardoor.gif
                    [clickurl] => 
                )

        )

    [7] => Array
        (
            [0] => stdClass Object
                (
                    [bid] => 49
                    [name] => Kim Reed Conveyancing
                    [imageurl] => sp_kimreed.jpg
                    [clickurl] => 
                )

            [1] => stdClass Object
                (
                    [bid] => 58
                    [name] => Dicount Lollie Shop
                    [imageurl] => new dls logo.jpg
                    [clickurl] => 
                )

        )

    [8] => Array
        (
            [0] => stdClass Object
                (
                    [bid] => 51
                    [name] => Richmond and Bennison
                    [imageurl] => sp_richmond.jpg
                    [clickurl] => http://www.richbenn.com.au/
                )

            [1] => stdClass Object
                (
                    [bid] => 52
                    [name] => Mordialloc Travel and Cruise
                    [imageurl] => sp_morditravel.jpg
                    [clickurl] => http://www.yellowpages.com.au/vic/mordialloc/mordialloc-travel-cruise-13492525-listing.html
                )

        )

    [9] => Array
        (
            [0] => stdClass Object
                (
                    [bid] => 50
                    [name] => Letec
                    [imageurl] => sp_letec.jpg
                    [clickurl] => www.letec.biz
                )

            [1] => stdClass Object
                (
                    [bid] => 36
                    [name] => Big River
                    [imageurl] => sp_bigriver.gif
                    [clickurl] => 
                )

        )

)

^^ As you can see there are duplicates from the original array in the newly created smaller arrays.

I thought I could remove the duplicates using a multi-dimensional remove duplicate function but that didn't work. I'm guessing my problem is in the array_split function.

Any suggestions? :)

Answer 1

It seems to me that the distribution of the remaining items is too complicated.

If you know how many items are missing ($Remainder), why don´t you just generate a remaining slice and pop-off items with array_pop() until it´s empty?

By the way, you can use that procedure for the whole array as well.

Answer 2

EDIT: There's array_chunk, which does just that.

Well, I didn't feel like debugging, so I wrote a version with array_reduce:

$pergroup = 2;
$redfunc = function ($partial, $elem) use ($pergroup) {
    $groupCount = count($partial);
    if ($groupCount == 0 || count(end($partial)) == $pergroup)
        $partial[] = array($elem);
    else
        $partial[$groupCount-1][] = $elem;

    return $partial;
};

$arr = array(1,2,3,4,5);

print_r(array_reduce($arr, $redfunc, array()));

gives

Array
(
    [0] => Array
        (
            [0] => 1
            [1] => 2
        )

    [1] => Array
        (
            [0] => 3
            [1] => 4
        )

    [2] => Array
        (
            [0] => 5
        )

)

Answer 3

function split_array(&$array, $slices) {
  $result = array();
  $l = count($array)-1;
  for ($i=0; $i<=$l; $i++) {
    if ($i == 0  || $i % $slices == 0) $tmp = array();
    $tmp[] = $array[$i];
    if ($i == $l || $i % $slices == 1) $result[] = $tmp; 
  }
  return $result;
}

Answer 4

There's array_chunk, which does just that.

http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.array-chunk.php

[just making the salient part of Artefacto's answer more explicit]