Question

I have two associative arrays:

ArrayA = array( [10] => ten
                [12] => twelve
                [22] => 10
                [30] => 10, 12, 8
         )
ArrayB = array( [10] => net
                [12] => evlewt
                [22] => 11, 12, 10
                [30] => 10
         )

The values of same keys on both arrays need to be compared. Some keys have CSV values and that can be on both the arrays.

For instance, [22] on ArrayA should be checked in CSV on ArrayB. Likewise, [30] in ArrayB should be checked in CSV on ArrayA. Others should be compared as usual ==

Note: I am trying to avoid a looping here. We can certainly do this in multiple ways with Loop. I am wondering if there is a quick and efficient way to do this without looping.

Edit: To clarify further, this is how these two should be compared:

Is "ten" in ArrayA == "net" in ArrayB?
Is "twelve" in ArrayA == "evlewt" in ArrayB?
Is 10 in ArrayA existing in (11, 12, 10) of ArrayB?
Is (10, 12, 8) of ArrayA containing the 10 ArrayB?

Answer 1

I hope I understand the question correctly. If you normalize the data first you can just compare the arrays

For instance:

$a = array(
    10 => 'net',
    12 => 'evlewt',
    22 => '10,12,11',
    30 => '12,10'
);

$b = array(
    10 => 'net',
    12 => 'evlewt',
    22 => '11,12,10',
    30 => '12,10'
);

function normalize(&$value, $key) {
    $value = explode(',', $value);
    sort($value);
    $value = implode(',', $value);
}

array_walk($a, 'normalize');
array_walk($b, 'normalize');

var_dump($a == $b); // outputs true

EDIT: In order to evaluate two arrays by whether an element in either array is a subset of another, I would normalize values to array and use the reduce_array() function.

<?php
$a = array(
    10 => 'net',
    12 => 'evlew',
    22 => '10,12,11',
    30 => '12,10,11'
);

$b = array(
    10 => 'net',
    12 => 'evlewt',
    22 => '11,12,10',
    30 => '12,10'
);

function normalize(&$value, $key) {
    $value = explode(',', $value);
}

function compare_value($v, $w) {
    if (false === $v) return false;
    global $a, $b;
    if(is_subset($a[$w], $b[$w]) || is_subset($b[$w], $a[$w]))
        return true;
    return false;
}

function is_subset($needle, $haystack) {
     return count(array_intersect($needle, $haystack)) === count($needle);
}

array_walk($a, 'normalize');
array_walk($b, 'normalize');

$result = array_reduce(array_keys($a), 'compare_value', true);
var_dump($result); // outputs false

$a = array(
    10 => 'net',
    12 => 'evlewt',
    22 => '10',
    30 => '12,10,11'
);

$b = array(
    10 => 'net',
    12 => 'evlewt',
    22 => '11,12,10',
    30 => '12,10'
);

array_walk($a, 'normalize');
array_walk($b, 'normalize');

$result = array_reduce(array_keys($a), 'compare_value', true);
var_dump($result); // outputs true