Preserve elements in each row of a two-dimensional array based on another array

Question

I have this array:

0 => array:3 [
    "product_id" => "1138"
    "product_image" => "/resources/medias/shop/products/shop-6500720--1.png"
    "product_sku" => "6500722"
  ]
1 => array:3 [
    "product_id" => "1144"
    "product_image" => "/resources/medias/shop/products/shop-6501041--1.png"
    "product_sku" => "6501046"
  ]
2 => array:3 [
    "product_id" => "113"
    "product_image" => "/resources/medias/shop/products/shop-6294909--1.png"
    "product_sku" => "6294915"
]

What I am looking for is a way to get a multiple array with only required columns (array_column is not a option, since it's give me only 1 column).

What I have done

function colsFromArray($array, $keys)
{
    return array_map(function ($el) use ($keys) {
        return array_map(function ($c) use ($el) {
            return $el[$c];
        }, $keys);
    }, $array);
}

$array = array(
    [
        "product_id"    => "1138",
        "product_image" => "/resources/medias/shop/products/shop-6500720--1.png",
        "product_sku"   => "6500722"
    ],
    [
        "product_id"    => "1144",
        "product_image" => "/resources/medias/shop/products/shop-6501041--1.png",
        "product_sku"   => "6501046"
    ],
    [
        "product_id"    => "113",
        "product_image" => "/resources/medias/shop/products/shop-6294909--1.png",
        "product_sku"   => "6294915"
    ]
);
colsFromArray($array, array("product_id", "product_sku"));

//0 => array:3 [
//    "product_id" => "1138"
//    "product_sku" => "6500722"
//  ]
//1 => array:3 [
//    "product_id" => "1144"
//    "product_sku" => "6501046"
//  ]
//2 => array:3 [
//    "product_id" => "113"
//    "product_sku" => "6294915"
//]

The problem is that it seems too laggy, since it iterates twice over this. Is there any way to get multiple columns without this workaround?

I'm using PHP5.6

Answer 1

If you need two columns from an array where one is SKU (which generally is unique) then you can use array_column with the third parameter.

$new = array_column($arr, "product_id", "product_sku");

This will return a flat array with the SKU as the key and ID as value making the array easy to work with also.

Output:

array(3) {
  [6500722]=>
  string(4) "1138"
  [6501046]=>
  string(4) "1144"
  [6294915]=>
  string(3) "113"
}

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