PHP method example for outputting the arrangement or combination of multiple elements

Permutation and combination are the most basic concepts of combinatorics. The so-called arrangement means to sort a specified number of elements from a given number of elements. Combination refers to taking out only a specified number of elements from a given number of elements, regardless of sorting. The central problem of permutations and combinations is to study the total number of possible situations for permutations and combinations of given requirements. Permutation and combination are closely related to classical probability theory.

This article mainly introduces how to output the arrangement or combination of multiple elements in PHP. The sample code is as follows

<?php
$arr = array(&#39;a&#39;,&#39;b&#39;,&#39;c&#39;,&#39;d&#39;);
$result = array();
$t = getCombinationToString($arr, 1);
print_r($t);
$t = getCombinationToString($arr, 2);
$t2 = getunique($t);
print_r($t2);
$t = getCombinationToString($arr, 3);
$t2 = getunique($t);
print_r($t2);
$t = getCombinationToString($arr, 4);
$t2 = getunique($t);
print_r($t2);

function getunique($t){
	$t2 = array();
	//print_r($t);
	for($i=0;$i<count($t);$i++){
		$count_list = array_count_values($t[$i]);
		$flag = 1;
		foreach($count_list as $ck=>$cv){
			if($cv>1){
				$flag = 0;
				break;
			}
		}
		if($flag){
			sort($t[$i]);
			$flag2 = 1;
			if($t2){
				foreach($t2 as $t2k=>$t2v){
					if($t[$i]==$t2v){
						$flag2 = 0;
						break;
					}
				}
			}
			if($flag2){
				$t2[] = $t[$i];
			}
		}
	}
	return $t2;
}

function getCombinationToString($arr, $m) {
	if ($m ==1) {
	 return $arr;
	}
	$result = array();
	
	$tmpArr = $arr;
	unset($tmpArr[0]);
	for($i=0;$i<count($arr);$i++) {
		$s = $arr[$i];
		$ret = getCombinationToString(array_values($tmpArr), ($m-1), $result);
		
		foreach($ret as $row) {
			//$result[] = $s . $row;
			$temp = array();
			$temp[] = $s;
			if(is_array($row)){
				$temp = array_merge($temp,$row);
			}else{
				$temp[] = $row;
			}
			sort($temp);
			$result[] = $temp;
		}
	}
 return $result;
}

?>

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