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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( 1 , 'foo' , date('m-d-Y') ) , array( 2 , 'bar' , date('m-d-Y') ) , array( 3 , 'george' , date('m-d-Y') ) , array( 4 , 'burdell' , date('m-d-Y') ) ); if(function_exists('array_column')) { echo('array_column '); $b = array_columns($a, 2); }else { echo('getCols '); $b = getCols($a, 1); } var_dump($b);