app/utility/Utility.php
<?php
/**
* Utility class.
*
* Provides methods for manipulating and extracting data from arrays.
*
* @license http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT The MIT License (MIT)
* @author Omar El Gabry <omar.elgabry.93@gmail.com>
*/
class Utility{
private function __construct(){}
/**
* Normalizes an array, and converts it to a standard format.
*
* @param array $arr
* @return array normalized array
*/
public static function normalize($arr){
$keys = array_keys($arr);
$count = count($keys);
$newArr = [];
for ($i = 0; $i < $count; $i++) {
if (is_int($keys[$i])) {
$newArr[$arr[$keys[$i]]] = null;
} else {
$newArr[$keys[$i]] = $arr[$keys[$i]];
}
}
return $newArr;
}
/**
* returns a string by separating array elements with commas
*
* @param array $arr
* @return array
*/
public static function commas($arr){
return implode(",", (array)$arr);
}
/**
* Merging two arrays
*
* @param mixed $arr1
* @param mixed $arr2
* @return array The merged array
*
*/
public static function merge($arr1, $arr2){
return array_merge((array)$arr1, (array)$arr2);
}
}