array reduce

suggest change

array_reduce reduces array into a single value. Basically, The array_reduce will go through every item with the result from last iteration and produce new value to the next iteration.

Usage: array_reduce ($array, function($carry, $item){...}, $defaul_value_of_first_carry)

$carry is the result from the last round of iteration.
$item is the value of current position in the array.

Sum of array

$result = array_reduce([1, 2, 3, 4, 5], function($carry, $item){
    return $carry + $item;
});

result:15

The largest number in array

$result = array_reduce([10, 23, 211, 34, 25], function($carry, $item){
        return $item > $carry ? $item : $carry;
});

result:211

Is all item more than 100

$result = array_reduce([101, 230, 210, 341, 251], function($carry, $item){
        return $carry && $item > 100;
}, true); //default value must set true

result:true

Is any item less than 100

$result = array_reduce([101, 230, 21, 341, 251], function($carry, $item){
        return $carry || $item < 100;
}, false);//default value must set false

result:true

Like implode($array, $piece)

$result = array_reduce(["hello", "world", "PHP", "language"], function($carry, $item){
        return !$carry ? $item : $carry . "-" . $item ;
});

result:"hello-world-PHP-language"

if make a implode method, the source code will be :

function implode_method($array, $piece){
    return array_reduce($array, function($carry, $item) use ($piece) {
            return !$carry ? $item : ($carry . $piece . $item);
    });
}

$result = implode_method(["hello", "world", "PHP", "language"], "-");

result:"hello-world-PHP-language"

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