# array_diff

(PHP 4 >= 4.0.1, PHP 5)

array_diff — Computes the difference of arrays

### Description

array array_diff ( array `$array1` , array `$array2` [, array `$ ...` ] )

Compares `array1` against `array2` and returns the difference.

### Examples

Example#1 array_diff() example

`<?php
$array1 = array("a" => "green", "red", "blue", "red");
$array2 = array("b" => "green", "yellow", "red");
$result = array_diff($array1, $array2);
print_r($result);
?>`

Multiple occurrences in $array1 are all treated the same way. This will output :

    Array
    (
        [1] => blue
    )

### Notes

> Note: Two elements are considered equal if and only if (string) $elem1 === (string) $elem2. In words: when the string representation is the same.

> Note: This function only checks one dimension of a n-dimensional array. Of course you can check deeper dimensions by using array_diff($array1[0], $array2[0]);.

Warning

This was broken in PHP 4.0.4!

### See Also

- array_diff_assoc()
- array_intersect()
- array_intersect_assoc()