array_map to simplify array, what am I doing wrong?

Question

I have a function which returns an array of arrays when querying a table, each 'subarray' is a row in the table, now I want to create a 'fetchColumn' function to transform my resulting array from this:

Array(
    [0] => Array(
        'column' => 'value'
    )
    [1] => Array(
        'column' => 'value'
    )
    [2] => Array(
        'column' => 'value'
    )
)

Into this:

Array(
    [0]=>value
    [1]=>value
    [2]=>value
)

Here is the function:

public static function fetchColumn($column)
    {
        $callback = function($value){
            return $value[$column];
        };        
        return array_map($callback,$array); // $array exists
    }

I get:

Array
(
    [0] =>
    [1] =>
    [2] =>
)

lonesomeday · Accepted Answer · 2012-01-26 22:24:14Z

3

You aren't importing $column into your lambda:

$callback = function($value) use ($column) {
    return $value[$column];
};

Edit This assumes that you are calling the function fetchColumn('column'), and that $array really does exist within the context of fetchColumn. In your code, it doesn't...

answered Jan 26, 2012 at 22:24

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olanod Over a year ago

Thanks, I didn't know about that, I haven't use that feature that much.

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