array_diff() function calculates the difference set of arrays
【Function】
This function will return an array,
This array contains all values in array1 that are not in any other parameter array.
Note that the key names of the original array remain unchanged.
【Scope of use】
php4 > 4.0.1, php5.
【Use】
array array_diff( array array1, array array2[,array...] )
array1/required/array1
array2/required/comparable array must have at least one
array.../optional/array used for comparison
【Example】
[php]
//Define two arrays respectively
$array1 = array( "blue" => 6, "red" => 2, "green" => 3, "purple" => 4 );
$array2 = array( "green" => 5, "blue" => 6, "yellow" => 7, "cyan" => 8 );
print_r( array_diff( $array1, $array2 ) );
/*
Array
(
[red] => 2
[green] => 3
[purple] => 4
)
*/
Excerpted from zuodefeng’s notes