- var_dump: documentation ( source)
<?php
$symbolstocheck = [1, 1, 3, 1, 5];
$prev = null;
$keyz = -1;
$res = [];
foreach ($symbolstocheck as $value) {
$value = (int)$value;
if ($value !== $prev) {
$keyz++;
}
$prev = $value;
if (!isset($res[$keyz])) {
$res[$keyz] = '';
}
$res[$keyz] .= $value;
}
var_dump($res);