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<?php $array = [ "Jacob" => 5, "bob" => 20, "John" => 10, "Jane" => 20, "Jill" => 15, ]; $limit = 3; arsort($array); $result = []; foreach ($array as $k => $v) { if (count($result) === $limit && !isset($result[$v])) { break; } $result[$v][$k] = $v; } var_export(array_values($result));
Output for 8.1.0 - 8.1.34, 8.2.0 - 8.2.30, 8.3.0 - 8.3.30, 8.4.1 - 8.4.18, 8.5.0 - 8.5.3
array ( 0 => array ( 'bob' => 20, 'Jane' => 20, ), 1 => array ( 'Jill' => 15, ), 2 => array ( 'John' => 10, ), )

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