What is the array_chunk method in PHP?

The array_chunk method is used to split an array into multiple arrays of a specific length.

Syntax

array_chunk(array $array, int $length, bool $preserve_keys = false): array

Arguments

  • array: The array to be split.

  • length: The number of elements in each split array. The last split array may contain fewer elements than length.

  • preserve_keys: A Boolean value. When set to true, the array’s keys while splitting are maintained. Otherwise, for each chunk of the array, a numeric reindex will happen.

Return type

This method returns a multidimensional array as a result. The returned array is numerically indexed from 0.

Code

<?php
$input_array = array(
                  'one' => 1, 
                  'two' => 2,
                  'three' => 3,
                  'four' => 4,
                  'five' => 5
                );
echo "Chunk array into length - 2, without preserving keys";
print_r(array_chunk($input_array, 2));
echo "Chunk array into length - 3, with preserving keys";
print_r(array_chunk($input_array, 3, true));
?>

Explanation

In the code above, we split the array into different lengths with and without preserving keys of the array, using the array_chunk method.

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