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<?php $array = array ( 'main' => array ( 0 => array ( 'id' => 1, 'name_one' => 'banana', 'name_two' => '' ), 1 => array ( 'id' => 2, 'name_one' => 'orange', 'name_two' => 'banana' ), 2 => array ( 'id' => 3, 'name_one' => '', 'name_two' => 'orange' ), 3 => array ( 'id' => 4, 'name_one' => 'pear', 'name_two' => '' ), 4 => array ( 'id' => 5, 'name_one' => 'pear', 'name_two' => 'mango' ), 5 => array ( 'id' => 6, 'name_one' => '', 'name_two' => '' ) ) ); $counts = array(); foreach ($array['main'] as $item) { if (!empty($item['name_two'])) { @$counts[$item['name_two']]++; } elseif (!empty($item['name_one'])) { @$counts[$item['name_one']]++; } } foreach ($counts as $key => $count) { echo "$key: $count\n"; }