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<refentry xml:id="function.array-chunk" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
 <refnamediv>
  <refname>array_chunk</refname>
  <refpurpose>Split an array into chunks</refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>
 
 <refsect1 role="description">
  &reftitle.description;
  <methodsynopsis>
   <type>array</type><methodname>array_chunk</methodname>
   <methodparam><type>array</type><parameter>array</parameter></methodparam>
   <methodparam><type>int</type><parameter>length</parameter></methodparam>
   <methodparam choice="opt"><type>bool</type><parameter>preserve_keys</parameter><initializer>&false;</initializer></methodparam>
  </methodsynopsis>
  <para>
   Chunks an array into arrays with <parameter>length</parameter> elements.
   The last chunk may contain less than <parameter>length</parameter> elements.
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="parameters">
  &reftitle.parameters;
  <para>
   <variablelist>

    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>array</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       The array to work on
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>

    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>length</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       The size of each chunk
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>

    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>preserve_keys</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       When set to &true; keys will be preserved.
       Default is &false; which will reindex the chunk numerically
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>

   </variablelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
  &reftitle.returnvalues;
  <para>
   Returns a multidimensional numerically indexed array, starting with zero,
   with each dimension containing <parameter>length</parameter> elements.
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="errors">
  &reftitle.errors;
  <para>
   If <parameter>length</parameter> is less than <literal>1</literal>,
   a <classname>ValueError</classname> will be thrown.
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="changelog">
  &reftitle.changelog;
  <informaltable>
   <tgroup cols="2">
    <thead>
     <row>
      <entry>&Version;</entry>
      <entry>&Description;</entry>
     </row>
    </thead>
    <tbody>
     <row>
      <entry>8.0.0</entry>
      <entry>
       If <parameter>length</parameter> is less than <literal>1</literal>,
       a <classname>ValueError</classname> will be thrown now;
       previously, an error of level <constant>E_WARNING</constant>
       has been raised instead, and the function returned &null;.
      </entry>
     </row>
    </tbody>
   </tgroup>
  </informaltable>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="examples">
  &reftitle.examples;
  <para>
   <example>
    <title><function>array_chunk</function> example</title>
    <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
$input_array = array('a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e');
print_r(array_chunk($input_array, 2));
print_r(array_chunk($input_array, 2, true));
?>
]]>
    </programlisting>
    &example.outputs;
    <screen>
<![CDATA[
Array
(
    [0] => Array
        (
            [0] => a
            [1] => b
        )

    [1] => Array
        (
            [0] => c
            [1] => d
        )

    [2] => Array
        (
            [0] => e
        )

)
Array
(
    [0] => Array
        (
            [0] => a
            [1] => b
        )

    [1] => Array
        (
            [2] => c
            [3] => d
        )

    [2] => Array
        (
            [4] => e
        )

)
]]>
    </screen>
   </example>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="seealso">
  &reftitle.seealso;
  <para>
   <simplelist>
    <member><function>array_slice</function></member>
   </simplelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

</refentry>
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