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<refentry xml:id="function.array-diff" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
<refnamediv>
<refname>array_diff</refname>
<refpurpose>Computes the difference of arrays</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsect1 role="description">
&reftitle.description;
<methodsynopsis>
<type>array</type><methodname>array_diff</methodname>
<methodparam><type>array</type><parameter>array1</parameter></methodparam>
<methodparam><type>array</type><parameter>array2</parameter></methodparam>
<methodparam choice="opt"><type>array</type><parameter>...</parameter></methodparam>
</methodsynopsis>
<para>
Compares <parameter>array1</parameter> against <parameter>array2</parameter> and
returns the difference.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="parameters">
&reftitle.parameters;
<para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>array1</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<para>
The array to compare from
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>array2</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<para>
An array to compare against
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>...</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<para>
More arrays to compare against
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="returnvalues">
&reftitle.returnvalues;
<para>
Returns an <type>array</type> containing all the entries from
<parameter>array1</parameter> that are not present in any of the other arrays.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="examples">
&reftitle.examples;
<para>
<example>
<title><function>array_diff</function> example</title>
<programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
$array1 = array("a" => "green", "red", "blue", "red");
$array2 = array("b" => "green", "yellow", "red");
$result = array_diff($array1, $array2);
print_r($result);
?>
]]>
</programlisting>
<para>
Multiple occurrences in <varname>$array1</varname> are all
treated the same way. This will output :
</para>
<screen>
<![CDATA[
Array
(
[1] => blue
)
]]>
</screen>
</example>
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="notes">
&reftitle.notes;
<note>
<para>
Two elements are considered equal if and only if
<literal>(string) $elem1 === (string) $elem2</literal>. In words:
when the string representation is the same.
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</para>
</note>
<note>
<para>
This function only checks one dimension of a n-dimensional
array. Of course you can check deeper dimensions by using
<literal>array_diff($array1[0], $array2[0]);</literal>.
</para>
</note>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="seealso">
&reftitle.seealso;
<para>
<simplelist>
<member><function>array_diff_assoc</function></member>
<member><function>array_intersect</function></member>
<member><function>array_intersect_assoc</function></member>
</simplelist>
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>
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