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<?php $categories = array( 'category_1' => array( 'name' => 'Category 1', 'column' => '1' ), 'category_2' => array( 'name' => 'Category 2', 'column' => '2' ), 'category_3' => array( 'name' => 'Category 2', 'column' => '1' ), 'category_4' => array( 'name' => 'Category 4', 'column' => '3' ), 'category_5' => array( 'name' => 'Category 4', 'column' => '2' ), ); $formatted = array(); foreach ($categories as $item) { $column = $item['column']; if (isset($formatted[$column])) { $formatted[$column][] = $item; } else { $formatted[$column] = array($item); } } var_export($formatted);
Output for 4.3.0 - 4.3.11, 4.4.0 - 4.4.9, 5.0.0 - 5.0.5, 5.1.0 - 5.1.6, 5.2.0 - 5.2.17, 5.3.0 - 5.3.29, 5.4.0 - 5.4.45, 5.5.0 - 5.5.38, 5.6.0 - 5.6.40, 7.0.0 - 7.0.33, 7.1.0 - 7.1.33, 7.2.0 - 7.2.33, 7.3.0 - 7.3.33, 7.4.0 - 7.4.33, 8.0.0 - 8.0.30, 8.1.0 - 8.1.28, 8.2.0 - 8.2.18, 8.3.0 - 8.3.7
array ( 1 => array ( 0 => array ( 'name' => 'Category 1', 'column' => '1', ), 1 => array ( 'name' => 'Category 2', 'column' => '1', ), ), 2 => array ( 0 => array ( 'name' => 'Category 2', 'column' => '2', ), 1 => array ( 'name' => 'Category 4', 'column' => '2', ), ), 3 => array ( 0 => array ( 'name' => 'Category 4', 'column' => '3', ), ), )
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