How do you reindex an array in PHP but with indexes starting from 1?

Question

I have the following array, which I would like to reindex so the keys are reversed (ideally starting at 1):

Current array (edit: the array actually looks like this):

Array (

[2] => Object
    (
        [title] => Section
        [linked] => 1
    )

[1] => Object
    (
        [title] => Sub-Section
        [linked] => 1
    )

[0] => Object
    (
        [title] => Sub-Sub-Section
        [linked] => 
    )

)

How it should be:

Array (

[1] => Object
    (
        [title] => Section
        [linked] => 1
    )

[2] => Object
    (
        [title] => Sub-Section
        [linked] => 1
    )

[3] => Object
    (
        [title] => Sub-Sub-Section
        [linked] => 
    )

)

Answer 1

If you want to re-index starting to zero, simply do the following:

$iZero = array_values($arr);

If you need it to start at one, then use the following:

$iOne = array_combine(range(1, count($arr)), array_values($arr));

Here are the manual pages for the functions used:

• array_values()
• array_combine()
• range()

Answer 2

Here is the best way:

# Array
$array = array('tomato', '', 'apple', 'melon', 'cherry', '', '', 'banana');

that returns

Array
(
    [0] => tomato
    [1] => 
    [2] => apple
    [3] => melon
    [4] => cherry
    [5] => 
    [6] => 
    [7] => banana
)

by doing this

$array = array_values(array_filter($array));

you get this

Array
(
    [0] => tomato
    [1] => apple
    [2] => melon
    [3] => cherry
    [4] => banana
)

Explanation

array_values() : Returns the values of the input array and indexes numerically.

array_filter() : Filters the elements of an array with a user-defined function (UDF If none is provided, all entries in the input table valued FALSE will be deleted.)

Answer 3

I just found out you can also do a

array_splice($ar, 0, 0);

That does the re-indexing inplace, so you don't end up with a copy of the original array.

Answer 4

Why reindexing? Just add 1 to the index:

foreach ($array as $key => $val) {
    echo $key + 1, '<br>';
}

---

Edit   After the question has been clarified: You could use the array_values to reset the index starting at 0. Then you could use the algorithm above if you just want printed elements to start at 1.

Answer 5

Well, I would like to think that for whatever your end goal is, you wouldn't actually need to modify the array to be 1-based as opposed to 0-based, but could instead handle it at iteration time like Gumbo posted.

However, to answer your question, this function should convert any array into a 1-based version

function convertToOneBased( $arr )
{
    return array_combine( range( 1, count( $arr ) ), array_values( $arr ) );
}

EDIT

Here's a more reusable/flexible function, should you desire it

$arr = array( 'a', 'b', 'c' );

echo '<pre>';
print_r( reIndexArray( $arr ) );
print_r( reIndexArray( $arr, 1 ) );
print_r( reIndexArray( $arr, 2 ) );
print_r( reIndexArray( $arr, 10 ) );
print_r( reIndexArray( $arr, -10 ) );
echo '</pre>';

function reIndexArray( $arr, $startAt=0 )
{
    return ( 0 == $startAt )
        ? array_values( $arr )
        : array_combine( range( $startAt, count( $arr ) + ( $startAt - 1 ) ), array_values( $arr ) );
}

Answer 6

You can reindex an array so the new array starts with an index of 1 like this;

$arr = array(
  '2' => 'red',
  '1' => 'green',
  '0' => 'blue',
);

$arr1 = array_values($arr);   // Reindex the array starting from 0.
array_unshift($arr1, '');     // Prepend a dummy element to the start of the array.
unset($arr1[0]);              // Kill the dummy element.

print_r($arr);
print_r($arr1);

The output from the above is;

Array
(
    [2] => red
    [1] => green
    [0] => blue
)
Array
(
    [1] => red
    [2] => green
    [3] => blue
)

Answer 7

A more elegant solution:

$list = array_combine(range(1, count($list)), array_values($list));

Answer 8

This will do what you want:

<?php

$array = array(2 => 'a', 1 => 'b', 0 => 'c');

array_unshift($array, false); // Add to the start of the array
$array = array_values($array); // Re-number

// Remove the first index so we start at 1
$array = array_slice($array, 1, count($array), true);

print_r($array); // Array ( [1] => a [2] => b [3] => c ) 

?>

Answer 9

You may want to consider why you want to use a 1-based array at all. Zero-based arrays (when using non-associative arrays) are pretty standard, and if you're wanting to output to a UI, most would handle the solution by just increasing the integer upon output to the UI.

Think about consistency—both in your application and in the code you work with—when thinking about 1-based indexers for arrays.

Answer 10

Similar to @monowerker, I needed to reindex an array using an object's key...

$new = array();
$old = array(
  (object)array('id' => 123),
  (object)array('id' => 456),
  (object)array('id' => 789),
);
print_r($old);

array_walk($old, function($item, $key, &$reindexed_array) {
  $reindexed_array[$item->id] = $item;
}, &$new);

print_r($new);

This resulted in:

Array
(
    [0] => stdClass Object
        (
            [id] => 123
        )
    [1] => stdClass Object
        (
            [id] => 456
        )
    [2] => stdClass Object
        (
            [id] => 789
        )
)
Array
(
    [123] => stdClass Object
        (
            [id] => 123
        )
    [456] => stdClass Object
        (
            [id] => 456
        )
    [789] => stdClass Object
        (
            [id] => 789
        )
)

Answer 11

If you are not trying to reorder the array you can just do:

$array = array_reverse( $array );
$array = array_reverse( $array );

The array_reverse is very fast and it reorders as it reverses. Someone else showed me this a long time ago. So I can't take credit for coming up with it. But it is very simple and fast.

Answer 12

$tmp = array();
foreach (array_values($array) as $key => $value) {
    $tmp[$key+1] = $value;
}
$array = $tmp;

Answer 13

Similar to Nick's contribution, I came to the same solution for reindexing an array, but enhanced the function a little since from PHP version 5.4, it doesn't work because of passing variables by reference. Example reindexing function is then like this using use keyword closure:

function indexArrayByElement($array, $element)
{
    $arrayReindexed = [];
    array_walk(
        $array,
        function ($item, $key) use (&$arrayReindexed, $element) {
            $arrayReindexed[$item[$element]] = $item;
        }
    );
    return $arrayReindexed;
}

Answer 14

The fastest way I can think of

array_unshift($arr, null);
unset($arr[0]);
print_r($arr);

And if you just want to reindex the array(start at zero) and you have PHP +7.3 you can do it this way

array_unshift($arr);

I believe array_unshift is better than array_values as the former does not create a copy of the array.

Answer 15

Here's my own implementation. Keys in the input array will be renumbered with incrementing keys starting from $start_index.

function array_reindex($array, $start_index)
{
    $array = array_values($array);
    $zeros_array = array_fill(0, $start_index, null);
    return array_slice(array_merge($zeros_array, $array), $start_index, null, true);
}

Answer 16

Simply do this:

<?php

array_push($array, '');
$array = array_reverse($array);
array_shift($array);

Answer 17

You can easily do it after use array_values() and array_filter() function together to remove empty array elements and reindex from an array in PHP.

array_filter() function The PHP array_filter() function remove empty array elements or values from an array in PHP. This will also remove blank, null, false, 0 (zero) values.

array_values() function The PHP array_values() function returns an array containing all the values of an array. The returned array will have numeric keys, starting at 0 and increase by 1.

Remove Empty Array Elements and Reindex

First let’s see the $stack array output :

<?php
  $stack = array("PHP", "HTML", "CSS", "", "JavaScript", null, 0);
  print_r($stack);
?>

Output:

Array
(
    [0] => PHP
    [1] => HTML
    [2] => CSS
    [3] => 
    [4] => JavaScript
    [5] => 
    [6] => 0
)

In above output we want to remove blank, null, 0 (zero) values and then reindex array elements. Now we will use array_values() and array_filter() function together like in below example:

<?php
  $stack = array("PHP", "HTML", "CSS", "", "JavaScript", null, 0);
  print_r(array_values(array_filter($stack)));
?>

Output:

Array
(
    [0] => PHP
    [1] => HTML
    [2] => CSS
    [3] => JavaScript
)

Answer 18

It feels like all of the array_combine() answers are all copying the same "mistake" (the unnecessary call of array_values()).

array_combine() ignores the keys of both parameters that it receives.

Code: (Demo)

$array = [
    2 => (object)['title' => 'Section', 'linked' => 1],
    1 => (object)['title' => 'Sub-Section', 'linked' => 1],
    0 => (object)['title' => 'Sub-Sub-Section', 'linked' => null]
];

var_export(array_combine(range(1, count($array)), $array));

Output:

array (
  1 => 
  (object) array(
     'title' => 'Section',
     'linked' => 1,
  ),
  2 => 
  (object) array(
     'title' => 'Sub-Section',
     'linked' => 1,
  ),
  3 => 
  (object) array(
     'title' => 'Sub-Sub-Section',
     'linked' => NULL,
  ),
)

Answer 19

Duplicate removal and reindex an array:

<?php  
   $oldArray = array('0'=>'php','1'=>'java','2'=>'','3'=>'asp','4'=>'','5'=>'mysql');
   //duplicate removal
   $fillteredArray = array_filter($oldArray);
   //reindexing actually happens  here
   $newArray = array_merge($filteredArray);
   print_r($newArray);
?>

Answer 20

Sorting is just a sort(), reindexing seems a bit silly but if it is needed this will do it. Though not in-place. Use array_walk() if you will do this in a bunch of places, just use a for-key-value loop if this is a one-time operation.

<?php

function reindex(&$item, $key, &$reindexedarr) {
    $reindexedarr[$key+1] = $item;
}

$arr = Array (2 => 'c', 1 => 'b', 0 => 'a');

sort($arr);
$newarr = Array();
array_walk($arr, reindex, &$newarr);
$arr = $newarr;
print_r($arr); // Array ( [1] => a [2] => b [3] => c )

?>

Answer 21

If it's OK to make a new array it's this:

$result = array();
foreach ( $array as $key => $val )
    $result[ $key+1 ] = $val;

If you need reversal in-place, you need to run backwards so you don't stomp on indexes that you need:

for ( $k = count($array) ; $k-- > 0 ; )
    $result[ $k+1 ] = $result[ $k ];
unset( $array[0] );   // remove the "zero" element