Max value in array

I have an array like below. How do I get it to return the max name?

$array = array('Apple','Apple','Grape','Orange','Orange','Lemon','Pear','Apple');

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In the above example how do I get it to return 'Apple'

I can get the maximum count which is 4 with:

$answer = max(array_count_values($array)); 

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But I need the name too.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance

 

Try this.

$answer = array_count_values($array);
asort($answer); // sort
$new_answer = array_pop($answer); // gets last value

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edit: I think that just gives frequency. something new.

abit messy, hope you can find a better way.

$answer = array_count_values($array);
arsort($answer); // sort reverse

// gets first key
foreach ($answer as $key => $value) {
   $new_answer = $key;
   break;
}

echo $new_answer;

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A bit tricky several ways to accomplish this. You might also want to try

$array = array('Apple','Apple','Grape','Orange','Orange','Lemon','Pear','Apple');
$a = array_count_values($array);
$max_value = max($a);
// You just have to add this additional line to extract Apple as the max key
$max_key = array_search($max, $a));

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Hope that helps.

 

Thanks so much for the fast replies. Both worked perfectly.

I'm going with jpratama as it's slightly faster (I think) not having to go through a foreach loop.

For anyone else who stumbles across this their's a minor error fixed.

$a = array_count_values($array);
$max_value = max($a);
// You just have to add this additional line to extract Apple as the max key
$max_key = array_search($max_value, $a);

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Thanks again for your help. I appreciate it.

 

Actually, it doesn't go through the entire loop, only once, notice the break.

The array_search is a loop itself, probably implemented in it's C function counterpart. Have to benchmark to see which is faster, but the difference is trivial, which ever works for you.