Most common occurence in an array (mode)

[Petcube]

I need to figure out how to get the mode in an array. Any ideas?

[lilleman]

I'm not sure what you mean. Maybe [man]array_count_values/man can help you?

[swr]

This is untested, but should work:

$counts = array();
foreach ($array as $value) {
    if (!isset($counts[$value])) {
        $counts[$value] = 0;
    }
    $counts[$value]++;
}
arsort($counts, SORT_NUMERIC); // sort by count, highest first
reset($counts); // make sure index is at start
echo "The most frequently occuring item is ".
 key($counts)." which occurs ".
 value($counts)." times.";

On preview... I think you can replace the above foreach loop with $counts = array_count_values($array), as lilleman suggests.

[Weedpacket]

I'd go with [man]array_count_values[/man]; throw in [man]max[/man] and [man]array_search[/man] and you've got everything you need. Two lines.