Hash¶

Expression Types¶

All expression elements are supported by all methods. In addition to expression elements, you can use attribute matching with certain methods. They are extract(), combine(), format(), check(), map(), reduce(), apply(), sort(), insert(), remove() and nest().

Attribute Matching Types¶

static Cake\Utility\Hash::get(array|\ArrayAccess $data, $path, $default = null)¶

get() is a simplified version of extract(), it only supports direct path expressions. Paths with {n}, {s}, {*} or matchers are not supported. Use get() when you want exactly one value out of an array. If a matching path is not found the default value will be returned.

static Cake\Utility\Hash::extract(array|\ArrayAccess $data, $path)¶

Hash::extract() supports all expression, and matcher components of Hash Path Syntax. You can use extract to retrieve data from arrays or object implementing ArrayAccess interface, along arbitrary paths quickly without having to loop through the data structures. Instead you use path expressions to qualify which elements you want returned

// Common Usage:
$users = [
    ['id' => 1, 'name' => 'mark'],
    ['id' => 2, 'name' => 'jane'],
    ['id' => 3, 'name' => 'sally'],
    ['id' => 4, 'name' => 'jose'],
];
$results = Hash::extract($users, '{n}.id');
// $results equals:
// [1,2,3,4];

static Cake\Utility\Hash::insert(array $data, $path, $values = null)¶

Inserts $values into an array as defined by $path:

$a = [
    'pages' => ['name' => 'page']
];
$result = Hash::insert($a, 'files', ['name' => 'files']);
// $result now looks like:
[
    [pages] => [
        [name] => page
    ]
    [files] => [
        [name] => files
    ]
]

You can use paths using {n}, {s} and {*} to insert data into multiple points:

$users = Hash::insert($users, '{n}.new', 'value');

Attribute matchers work with insert() as well:

$data = [
    0 => ['up' => true, 'Item' => ['id' => 1, 'title' => 'first']],
    1 => ['Item' => ['id' => 2, 'title' => 'second']],
    2 => ['Item' => ['id' => 3, 'title' => 'third']],
    3 => ['up' => true, 'Item' => ['id' => 4, 'title' => 'fourth']],
    4 => ['Item' => ['id' => 5, 'title' => 'fifth']],
];
$result = Hash::insert($data, '{n}[up].Item[id=4].new', 9);
/* $result now looks like:
    [
        ['up' => true, 'Item' => ['id' => 1, 'title' => 'first']],
        ['Item' => ['id' => 2, 'title' => 'second']],
        ['Item' => ['id' => 3, 'title' => 'third']],
        ['up' => true, 'Item' => ['id' => 4, 'title' => 'fourth', 'new' => 9]],
        ['Item' => ['id' => 5, 'title' => 'fifth']],
    ]
*/

static Cake\Utility\Hash::remove(array $data, $path)¶

Removes all elements from an array that match $path.

$a = [
    'pages' => ['name' => 'page'],
    'files' => ['name' => 'files']
];
$result = Hash::remove($a, 'files');
/* $result now looks like:
    [
        [pages] => [
            [name] => page
        ]

    ]
*/

Using {n}, {s} and {*} will allow you to remove multiple values at once. You can also use attribute matchers with remove():

$data = [
    0 => ['clear' => true, 'Item' => ['id' => 1, 'title' => 'first']],
    1 => ['Item' => ['id' => 2, 'title' => 'second']],
    2 => ['Item' => ['id' => 3, 'title' => 'third']],
    3 => ['clear' => true, 'Item' => ['id' => 4, 'title' => 'fourth']],
    4 => ['Item' => ['id' => 5, 'title' => 'fifth']],
];
$result = Hash::remove($data, '{n}[clear].Item[id=4]');
/* $result now looks like:
    [
        ['clear' => true, 'Item' => ['id' => 1, 'title' => 'first']],
        ['Item' => ['id' => 2, 'title' => 'second']],
        ['Item' => ['id' => 3, 'title' => 'third']],
        ['clear' => true],
        ['Item' => ['id' => 5, 'title' => 'fifth']],
    ]
*/

static Cake\Utility\Hash::combine(array $data, $keyPath, $valuePath = null, $groupPath = null)¶

Creates an associative array using a $keyPath as the path to build its keys, and optionally $valuePath as path to get the values. If $valuePath is not specified, or doesn’t match anything, values will be initialized to null. You can optionally group the values by what is obtained when following the path specified in $groupPath.

$a = [
    [
        'User' => [
            'id' => 2,
            'group_id' => 1,
            'Data' => [
                'user' => 'mariano.iglesias',
                'name' => 'Mariano Iglesias'
            ]
        ]
    ],
    [
        'User' => [
            'id' => 14,
            'group_id' => 2,
            'Data' => [
                'user' => 'phpnut',
                'name' => 'Larry E. Masters'
            ]
        ]
    ],
];

$result = Hash::combine($a, '{n}.User.id');
/* $result now looks like:
    [
        [2] =>
        [14] =>
    ]
*/

$result = Hash::combine($a, '{n}.User.id', '{n}.User.Data.user');
/* $result now looks like:
    [
        [2] => 'mariano.iglesias'
        [14] => 'phpnut'
    ]
*/

$result = Hash::combine($a, '{n}.User.id', '{n}.User.Data');
/* $result now looks like:
    [
        [2] => [
                [user] => mariano.iglesias
                [name] => Mariano Iglesias
        ]
        [14] => [
                [user] => phpnut
                [name] => Larry E. Masters
        ]
    ]
*/

$result = Hash::combine($a, '{n}.User.id', '{n}.User.Data.name');
/* $result now looks like:
    [
        [2] => Mariano Iglesias
        [14] => Larry E. Masters
    ]
*/

$result = Hash::combine($a, '{n}.User.id', '{n}.User.Data', '{n}.User.group_id');
/* $result now looks like:
    [
        [1] => [
                [2] => [
                        [user] => mariano.iglesias
                        [name] => Mariano Iglesias
                ]
        ]
        [2] => [
                [14] => [
                        [user] => phpnut
                        [name] => Larry E. Masters
                ]
        ]
    ]
*/

$result = Hash::combine($a, '{n}.User.id', '{n}.User.Data.name', '{n}.User.group_id');
/* $result now looks like:
    [
        [1] => [
                [2] => Mariano Iglesias
        ]
        [2] => [
                [14] => Larry E. Masters
        ]
    ]
*/

// As of 3.9.0 $keyPath can be null
$result = Hash::combine($a, null, '{n}.User.Data.name');
/* $result now looks like:
    [
        [0] => Mariano Iglesias
        [1] => Larry E. Masters
    ]
*/

You can provide arrays for both $keyPath and $valuePath. If you do this, the first value will be used as a format string, for values extracted by the other paths:

$result = Hash::combine(
    $a,
    '{n}.User.id',
    ['%s: %s', '{n}.User.Data.user', '{n}.User.Data.name'],
    '{n}.User.group_id'
);
/* $result now looks like:
    [
        [1] => [
                [2] => mariano.iglesias: Mariano Iglesias
        ]
        [2] => [
                [14] => phpnut: Larry E. Masters
        ]
    ]
*/

$result = Hash::combine(
    $a,
    ['%s: %s', '{n}.User.Data.user', '{n}.User.Data.name'],
    '{n}.User.id'
);
/* $result now looks like:
    [
        [mariano.iglesias: Mariano Iglesias] => 2
        [phpnut: Larry E. Masters] => 14
    ]
*/

static Cake\Utility\Hash::format(array $data, array $paths, $format)¶

Returns a series of values extracted from an array, formatted with a format string:

$data = [
    [
        'Person' => [
            'first_name' => 'Nate',
            'last_name' => 'Abele',
            'city' => 'Boston',
            'state' => 'MA',
            'something' => '42'
        ]
    ],
    [
        'Person' => [
            'first_name' => 'Larry',
            'last_name' => 'Masters',
            'city' => 'Boondock',
            'state' => 'TN',
            'something' => '{0}'
        ]
    ],
    [
        'Person' => [
            'first_name' => 'Garrett',
            'last_name' => 'Woodworth',
            'city' => 'Venice Beach',
            'state' => 'CA',
            'something' => '{1}'
        ]
    ]
];

$res = Hash::format($data, ['{n}.Person.first_name', '{n}.Person.something'], '%2$d, %1$s');
/*
[
    [0] => 42, Nate
    [1] => 0, Larry
    [2] => 0, Garrett
]
*/

$res = Hash::format($data, ['{n}.Person.first_name', '{n}.Person.something'], '%1$s, %2$d');
/*
[
    [0] => Nate, 42
    [1] => Larry, 0
    [2] => Garrett, 0
]
*/

static Cake\Utility\Hash::contains(array $data, array $needle)¶

Determines if one Hash or array contains the exact keys and values of another:

$a = [
    0 => ['name' => 'main'],
    1 => ['name' => 'about']
];
$b = [
    0 => ['name' => 'main'],
    1 => ['name' => 'about'],
    2 => ['name' => 'contact'],
    'a' => 'b'
];

$result = Hash::contains($a, $a);
// true
$result = Hash::contains($a, $b);
// false
$result = Hash::contains($b, $a);
// true

static Cake\Utility\Hash::check(array $data, string $path = null)¶

Checks if a particular path is set in an array:

$set = [
    'My Index 1' => ['First' => 'The first item']
];
$result = Hash::check($set, 'My Index 1.First');
// $result == true

$result = Hash::check($set, 'My Index 1');
// $result == true

$set = [
    'My Index 1' => [
        'First' => [
            'Second' => [
                'Third' => [
                    'Fourth' => 'Heavy. Nesting.'
                ]
            ]
        ]
    ]
];
$result = Hash::check($set, 'My Index 1.First.Second');
// $result == true

$result = Hash::check($set, 'My Index 1.First.Second.Third');
// $result == true

$result = Hash::check($set, 'My Index 1.First.Second.Third.Fourth');
// $result == true

$result = Hash::check($set, 'My Index 1.First.Seconds.Third.Fourth');
// $result == false

static Cake\Utility\Hash::filter(array $data, $callback = ['Hash', 'filter'])¶

Filters empty elements out of array, excluding ‘0’. You can also supply a custom $callback to filter the array elements. You callback should return false to remove elements from the resulting array:

$data = [
    '0',
    false,
    true,
    0,
    ['one thing', 'I can tell you', 'is you got to be', false]
];
$res = Hash::filter($data);

/* $res now looks like:
    [
        [0] => 0
        [2] => true
        [3] => 0
        [4] => [
                [0] => one thing
                [1] => I can tell you
                [2] => is you got to be
        ]
    ]
*/

static Cake\Utility\Hash::flatten(array $data, string $separator = '.')¶

Collapses a multi-dimensional array into a single dimension:

$arr = [
    [
        'Post' => ['id' => '1', 'title' => 'First Post'],
        'Author' => ['id' => '1', 'user' => 'Kyle'],
    ],
    [
        'Post' => ['id' => '2', 'title' => 'Second Post'],
        'Author' => ['id' => '3', 'user' => 'Crystal'],
    ],
];
$res = Hash::flatten($arr);
/* $res now looks like:
    [
        [0.Post.id] => 1
        [0.Post.title] => First Post
        [0.Author.id] => 1
        [0.Author.user] => Kyle
        [1.Post.id] => 2
        [1.Post.title] => Second Post
        [1.Author.id] => 3
        [1.Author.user] => Crystal
    ]
*/

static Cake\Utility\Hash::expand(array $data, string $separator = '.')¶

Expands an array that was previously flattened with Hash::flatten():

$data = [
    '0.Post.id' => 1,
    '0.Post.title' => First Post,
    '0.Author.id' => 1,
    '0.Author.user' => Kyle,
    '1.Post.id' => 2,
    '1.Post.title' => Second Post,
    '1.Author.id' => 3,
    '1.Author.user' => Crystal,
];
$res = Hash::expand($data);
/* $res now looks like:
[
    [
        'Post' => ['id' => '1', 'title' => 'First Post'],
        'Author' => ['id' => '1', 'user' => 'Kyle'],
    ],
    [
        'Post' => ['id' => '2', 'title' => 'Second Post'],
        'Author' => ['id' => '3', 'user' => 'Crystal'],
    ],
];
*/

static Cake\Utility\Hash::merge(array $data, array $merge[, array $n])¶

This function can be thought of as a hybrid between PHP’s array_merge and array_merge_recursive. The difference to the two is that if an array key contains another array then the function behaves recursive (unlike array_merge) but does not do if for keys containing strings (unlike array_merge_recursive).

Note

This function will work with an unlimited amount of arguments and typecasts non-array parameters into arrays.

$array = [
    [
        'id' => '48c2570e-dfa8-4c32-a35e-0d71cbdd56cb',
        'name' => 'mysql raleigh-workshop-08 < 2008-09-05.sql ',
        'description' => 'Importing an sql dump'
    ],
    [
        'id' => '48c257a8-cf7c-4af2-ac2f-114ecbdd56cb',
        'name' => 'pbpaste | grep -i Unpaid | pbcopy',
        'description' => 'Remove all lines that say "Unpaid".',
    ]
];
$arrayB = 4;
$arrayC = [0 => "test array", "cats" => "dogs", "people" => 1267];
$arrayD = ["cats" => "felines", "dog" => "angry"];
$res = Hash::merge($array, $arrayB, $arrayC, $arrayD);

/* $res now looks like:
[
    [0] => [
            [id] => 48c2570e-dfa8-4c32-a35e-0d71cbdd56cb
            [name] => mysql raleigh-workshop-08 < 2008-09-05.sql
            [description] => Importing an sql dump
    ]
    [1] => [
            [id] => 48c257a8-cf7c-4af2-ac2f-114ecbdd56cb
            [name] => pbpaste | grep -i Unpaid | pbcopy
            [description] => Remove all lines that say "Unpaid".
    ]
    [2] => 4
    [3] => test array
    [cats] => felines
    [people] => 1267
    [dog] => angry
]
*/

static Cake\Utility\Hash::numeric(array $data)¶

Checks to see if all the values in the array are numeric:

$data = ['one'];
$res = Hash::numeric(array_keys($data));
// $res is true

$data = [1 => 'one'];
$res = Hash::numeric($data);
// $res is false

static Cake\Utility\Hash::dimensions(array $data)¶

Counts the dimensions of an array. This method will only consider the dimension of the first element in the array:

$data = ['one', '2', 'three'];
$result = Hash::dimensions($data);
// $result == 1

$data = ['1' => '1.1', '2', '3'];
$result = Hash::dimensions($data);
// $result == 1

$data = ['1' => ['1.1' => '1.1.1'], '2', '3' => ['3.1' => '3.1.1']];
$result = Hash::dimensions($data);
// $result == 2

$data = ['1' => '1.1', '2', '3' => ['3.1' => '3.1.1']];
$result = Hash::dimensions($data);
// $result == 1

$data = ['1' => ['1.1' => '1.1.1'], '2', '3' => ['3.1' => ['3.1.1' => '3.1.1.1']]];
$result = Hash::dimensions($data);
// $result == 2

static Cake\Utility\Hash::maxDimensions(array $data)¶

Similar to dimensions(), however this method returns, the deepest number of dimensions of any element in the array:

$data = ['1' => '1.1', '2', '3' => ['3.1' => '3.1.1']];
$result = Hash::maxDimensions($data);
// $result == 2

$data = ['1' => ['1.1' => '1.1.1'], '2', '3' => ['3.1' => ['3.1.1' => '3.1.1.1']]];
$result = Hash::maxDimensions($data);
// $result == 3

static Cake\Utility\Hash::map(array $data, $path, $function)¶

Creates a new array, by extracting $path, and mapping $function across the results. You can use both expression and matching elements with this method:

// Call the noop function $this->noop() on every element of $data
$result = Hash::map($data, "{n}", [$this, 'noop']);

public function noop(array $array)
{
    // Do stuff to array and return the result
    return $array;
}

static Cake\Utility\Hash::reduce(array $data, $path, $function)¶

Creates a single value, by extracting $path, and reducing the extracted results with $function. You can use both expression and matching elements with this method.

static Cake\Utility\Hash::apply(array $data, $path, $function)¶

Apply a callback to a set of extracted values using $function. The function will get the extracted values as the first argument:

$data = [
    ['date' => '01-01-2016', 'booked' => true],
    ['date' => '01-01-2016', 'booked' => false],
    ['date' => '02-01-2016', 'booked' => true]
];
$result = Hash::apply($data, '{n}[booked=true].date', 'array_count_values');
/* $result now looks like:
    [
        '01-01-2016' => 1,
        '02-01-2016' => 1,
    ]
*/

static Cake\Utility\Hash::sort(array $data, $path, $dir, $type = 'regular')¶

Sorts an array by any value, determined by a Hash Path Syntax Only expression elements are supported by this method:

$a = [
    0 => ['Person' => ['name' => 'Jeff']],
    1 => ['Shirt' => ['color' => 'black']]
];
$result = Hash::sort($a, '{n}.Person.name', 'asc');
/* $result now looks like:
    [
        [0] => [
                [Shirt] => [
                        [color] => black
                ]
        ]
        [1] => [
                [Person] => [
                        [name] => Jeff
                ]
        ]
    ]
*/

$dir can be either asc or desc. $type can be one of the following values:

• regular for regular sorting.

• numeric for sorting values as their numeric equivalents.

• string for sorting values as their string value.

• natural for sorting values in a human friendly way. Will sort foo10 below foo2 as an example.

static Cake\Utility\Hash::diff(array $data, array $compare)¶

Computes the difference between two arrays:

$a = [
    0 => ['name' => 'main'],
    1 => ['name' => 'about']
];
$b = [
    0 => ['name' => 'main'],
    1 => ['name' => 'about'],
    2 => ['name' => 'contact']
];

$result = Hash::diff($a, $b);
/* $result now looks like:
    [
        [2] => [
                [name] => contact
        ]
    ]
*/

static Cake\Utility\Hash::mergeDiff(array $data, array $compare)¶

This function merges two arrays and pushes the differences in data to the bottom of the resultant array.

Example 1

$array1 = ['ModelOne' => ['id' => 1001, 'field_one' => 'a1.m1.f1', 'field_two' => 'a1.m1.f2']];
$array2 = ['ModelOne' => ['id' => 1003, 'field_one' => 'a3.m1.f1', 'field_two' => 'a3.m1.f2', 'field_three' => 'a3.m1.f3']];
$res = Hash::mergeDiff($array1, $array2);

/* $res now looks like:
    [
        [ModelOne] => [
                [id] => 1001
                [field_one] => a1.m1.f1
                [field_two] => a1.m1.f2
                [field_three] => a3.m1.f3
            ]
    ]
*/

Example 2

$array1 = ["a" => "b", 1 => 20938, "c" => "string"];
$array2 = ["b" => "b", 3 => 238, "c" => "string", ["extra_field"]];
$res = Hash::mergeDiff($array1, $array2);
/* $res now looks like:
    [
        [a] => b
        [1] => 20938
        [c] => string
        [b] => b
        [3] => 238
        [4] => [
                [0] => extra_field
        ]
    ]
*/

static Cake\Utility\Hash::normalize(array $data, $assoc = true)¶

Normalizes an array. If $assoc is true, the resulting array will be normalized to be an associative array. Numeric keys with values, will be converted to string keys with null values. Normalizing an array, makes using the results with Hash::merge() easier:

$a = ['Tree', 'CounterCache',
    'Upload' => [
        'folder' => 'products',
        'fields' => ['image_1_id', 'image_2_id']
    ]
];
$result = Hash::normalize($a);
/* $result now looks like:
    [
        [Tree] => null
        [CounterCache] => null
        [Upload] => [
                [folder] => products
                [fields] => [
                        [0] => image_1_id
                        [1] => image_2_id
                ]
        ]
    ]
*/

$b = [
    'Cacheable' => ['enabled' => false],
    'Limit',
    'Bindable',
    'Validator',
    'Transactional'
];
$result = Hash::normalize($b);
/* $result now looks like:
    [
        [Cacheable] => [
                [enabled] => false
        ]

        [Limit] => null
        [Bindable] => null
        [Validator] => null
        [Transactional] => null
    ]
*/

static Cake\Utility\Hash::nest(array $data, array $options = [])¶

Takes a flat array set, and creates a nested, or threaded data structure.

Options:

• children The key name to use in the result set for children. Defaults to ‘children’.

• idPath The path to a key that identifies each entry. Should be compatible with Hash::extract(). Defaults to {n}.$alias.id

• parentPath The path to a key that identifies the parent of each entry. Should be compatible with Hash::extract(). Defaults to {n}.$alias.parent_id

• root The id of the desired top-most result.

For example, if you had the following array of data:

$data = [
    ['ThreadPost' => ['id' => 1, 'parent_id' => null]],
    ['ThreadPost' => ['id' => 2, 'parent_id' => 1]],
    ['ThreadPost' => ['id' => 3, 'parent_id' => 1]],
    ['ThreadPost' => ['id' => 4, 'parent_id' => 1]],
    ['ThreadPost' => ['id' => 5, 'parent_id' => 1]],
    ['ThreadPost' => ['id' => 6, 'parent_id' => null]],
    ['ThreadPost' => ['id' => 7, 'parent_id' => 6]],
    ['ThreadPost' => ['id' => 8, 'parent_id' => 6]],
    ['ThreadPost' => ['id' => 9, 'parent_id' => 6]],
    ['ThreadPost' => ['id' => 10, 'parent_id' => 6]]
];

$result = Hash::nest($data, ['root' => 6]);
/* $result now looks like:
    [
        (int) 0 => [
            'ThreadPost' => [
                'id' => (int) 6,
                'parent_id' => null
            ],
            'children' => [
                (int) 0 => [
                    'ThreadPost' => [
                        'id' => (int) 7,
                        'parent_id' => (int) 6
                    ],
                    'children' => []
                ],
                (int) 1 => [
                    'ThreadPost' => [
                        'id' => (int) 8,
                        'parent_id' => (int) 6
                    ],
                    'children' => []
                ],
                (int) 2 => [
                    'ThreadPost' => [
                        'id' => (int) 9,
                        'parent_id' => (int) 6
                    ],
                    'children' => []
                ],
                (int) 3 => [
                    'ThreadPost' => [
                        'id' => (int) 10,
                        'parent_id' => (int) 6
                    ],
                    'children' => []
                ]
            ]
        ]
    ]
    */