Count specific values of PHP Array that has no column assignments

Question

I need to display a count of the no of car makes.

$array = array(
                array(1,'Benz'),
                array(3,'Toyota'), 
                array(4,'Mazda'),
                [2,'VW'],
                [5,'Mazda']
            );


$count = array_count_values(array_column($array, <what do I use here?>;

print_r($count)

Answer 1

You can use number (0,1,2, etc) as second argument:

$array = array(
                array(1,'Benz'),
                array(3,'Toyota'), 
                array(4,'Mazda'),
                [2,'VW'],
                [5,'Mazda']
            );


$count = array_count_values(array_column($array, 1));

print_r($count);

Which will output (with Mazda=>2 as expected)

Array
(
    [Benz] => 1
    [Toyota] => 1
    [Mazda] => 2
    [VW] => 1
)