Use Variables inside Array Map Function PHP

Question

My task is to get two create two arrays:

Array_1 = list of all the possible options for option one

Array_2 = list of all the possible options for option two when option one == Array_1[0]

Given these rows...

    $rows = [

        (object) ['option_one' => 'large mug', 'option_two' => 'one color print'],

        (object) ['option_one' => 'large mug', 'option_two' => 'two color print' ],

        (object) ['option_one' => 'large mug', 'option_two' => 'three color print' ],

        (object) ['option_one' => 'small mug', 'option_two' => 'one color print' ],

        (object) ['option_one' => 'small mug', 'option_two' => 'two color print' ],

    ];

Then my output would be

Array_1 = [ 'large mug', 'small mug']

Array_2 = [ 'one color print', 'two color print', 'three color print' ]

I have tried to accomplish this using array maps as follows...

    $option_one_arr = array_unique ( array_map(function($row) { return $row->option_one; }, $rows) );

    $option_two_arr = array_unique ( array_map(function($row) {

        // ($option_one_arr == NULL) == TRUE

        if ($row->option_one === $option_one_arr[0]) 

            return $row->option_two;

    }, $rows) );

    $to_render = [$option_one_arr, $option_two_arr];



    echo '<pre>';

    var_dump($to_render);

However, $option_one_arr always = NULL inside the second array map despite being correct outside the second array map.

Thoughts?

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Answer 1

All functions in PHP have a limited scope. You cannot access $option_one_arr within a function unless you import that variable into the function.

With anonymous functions, or closures, you can import variables with use.

array_map(function($row) use ($option_one_arr) {
    // ($option_one_arr == NULL) == TRUE
    if ($row->option_one === $option_one_arr[0]) 
        return $row->option_two;
}, $rows);

Use Variables inside Array Map Function PHP

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