[RESOLVED] counting duplicate array items

[chopWood]

f I have the following array:
$myArray(jim,ed,gary,jim,jim,fred,gary,alice,mary, alice,alice);

What's a simple way to get a total on each unique value, such as:

jim=3
ed=1
gary=2
alice=3
mary=1
fred=1

thanks

[laserlight]

Try [man]array_count_values/man.

[chopWood]

Thanks,
This is what I ended up with;

<?php
$allFiles_array= array("wat","oil","oil","wat","oil","wat","wat","wat","pas","pas","pas","pas");
$noDupes_array=array_unique($allFiles_array);
$counted_array= array_count_values($allFiles_array);
$lenNoDupes=count($noDupes_array);
for ($i=0;$i<=8;$i++) {

if ($noDupes_array[$i]!=""){
print $noDupes_array[$i].$counted_array[$noDupes_array[$i]].",";
}
}
// result
//wat5,oil3,pas4,
?>

[Weedpacket]

You don't need the $noDupes_array.

foreach($counted_array as $name=>$count)
{
 echo $name,$count,',';
}

[chopWood]

Duly noted. Thank you!

[laserlight]

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