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<?php /** * getCols * * Takes an array of associative arrays and combines them to get * the columns * * @author Joe Richardson * @access public * @return object Instance of DB or Null */ function getCols(array $data, $col = NULL) { $d = (array)call_user_func_array('array_merge_recursive',$data); return ($col === NULL)?$d:$d[$col]; } $a = array( array( 'id' => 1 , 'name' => 'foo' , 'date' => date('m-d-Y') ) , array( 'id' => 2 , 'name' => 'bar' , 'date' => date('m-d-Y') ) , array( 'id' => 3 , 'name' => 'george' , 'date' => date('m-d-Y') ) , array( 'id' => 4 , 'name' => 'burdell' , 'date' => date('m-d-Y') ) ); if(function_exists('array_column')) { echo('array_column '); $b = array_columns($a, 'name'); }else { echo('getCols '); $b = getCols($a, 'name'); } var_dump($b);