PHP compare two arrays and get the matched values not the difference

Question

I'm trying to compare two arrays and get only the values that exist on both arrays but, unfortunately, I can't find the right array function to use...

I found the array_diff() function: http://php.net/manual/en/function.array-diff.php

But it's for the difference of the both arrays.

Example:

$array1 = array("**alpha**","omega","**bravo**","**charlie**","**delta**","**foxfrot**"); $array2 = array("**alpha**","gamma","**bravo**","x-ray","**charlie**","**delta**","halo","eagle","**foxfrot**"); 

Expected Output:

$result = array("**alpha**","**bravo**","**charlie**","**delta**","**foxfrot**"); 

Answer 1

Simple, use array_intersect() instead:

$result = array_intersect($array1, $array2); 

Answer 2

OK.. We needed to compare a dynamic number of product names...

There's probably a better way... but this works for me...

... because....Strings are just Arrays of characters.... :>}

//  Compare Strings ...  Return Matching Text and Differences with Product IDs...  //  From MySql... $productID1 = 'abc123'; $productName1 = "EcoPlus Premio Jet 600";     $productID2 = 'xyz789'; $productName2 = "EcoPlus Premio Jet 800";     $ProductNames = array(     $productID1 => $productName1,     $productID2 => $productName2 );   function compareNames($ProductNames){         //  Convert NameStrings to Arrays...         foreach($ProductNames as $id => $product_name){         $Package1[$id] = explode(" ",$product_name);         }      // Get Matching Text...     $Matching = call_user_func_array('array_intersect', $Package1 );     $MatchingText = implode(" ",$Matching);      //  Get Different Text...     foreach($Package1 as $id => $product_name_chunks){         $Package2 = array($product_name_chunks,$Matching);         $diff = call_user_func_array('array_diff', $Package2 );         $DifferentText[$id] = trim(implode(" ", $diff));     }      $results[$MatchingText]  = $DifferentText;                   return $results;     }  $Results =  compareNames($ProductNames);  print_r($Results);  // Gives us this... [EcoPlus Premio Jet]          [abc123] => 600         [xyz789] => 800