cakephp/Cake/Utility/Hash.php

<?php
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namespace Cake\Utility;

/**
 * Library of array functions for manipulating and extracting data
 * from arrays or 'sets' of data.
 *
 * `Hash` provides an improved interface, more consistent and
 * predictable set of features over `Set`. While it lacks the spotty
 * support for pseudo Xpath, its more fully featured dot notation provides
 * similar features in a more consistent implementation.
 *
 */
class Hash {

/**
 * Get a single value specified by $path out of $data.
 * Does not support the full dot notation feature set,
 * but is faster for simple read operations.
 *
 * @param array $data Array of data to operate on.
 * @param string|array $path The path being searched for. Either a dot
 *   separated string, or an array of path segments.
 * @return mixed The value fetched from the array, or null.
 * @link http://book.cakephp.org/2.0/en/core-utility-libraries/hash.html#Hash::get
 */
	public static function get(array $data, $path) {
		if (empty($data)) {
			return null;
		}
		if (is_string($path) || is_numeric($path)) {
			$parts = explode('.', $path);
		} else {
			$parts = $path;
		}
		foreach ($parts as $key) {
			if (is_array($data) && isset($data[$key])) {
				$data =& $data[$key];
			} else {
				return null;
			}
		}
		return $data;
	}

/**
 * Gets the values from an array matching the $path expression.
 * The path expression is a dot separated expression, that can contain a set
 * of patterns and expressions:
 *
 * - `{n}` Matches any numeric key, or integer.
 * - `{s}` Matches any string key.
 * - `Foo` Matches any key with the exact same value.
 *
 * There are a number of attribute operators:
 *
 *  - `=`, `!=` Equality.
 *  - `>`, `<`, `>=`, `<=` Value comparison.
 *  - `=/.../` Regular expression pattern match.
 *
 * Given a set of User array data, from a `$User->find('all')` call:
 *
 * - `1.User.name` Get the name of the user at index 1.
 * - `{n}.User.name` Get the name of every user in the set of users.
 * - `{n}.User[id]` Get the name of every user with an id key.
 * - `{n}.User[id>=2]` Get the name of every user with an id key greater than or equal to 2.
 * - `{n}.User[username=/^paul/]` Get User elements with username matching `^paul`.
 *
 * @param array $data The data to extract from.
 * @param string $path The path to extract.
 * @return array An array of the extracted values. Returns an empty array
 *   if there are no matches.
 * @link http://book.cakephp.org/2.0/en/core-utility-libraries/hash.html#Hash::extract
 */
	public static function extract(array $data, $path) {
		if (empty($path)) {
			return $data;
		}

		// Simple paths.
		if (!preg_match('/[{\[]/', $path)) {
			return (array)static::get($data, $path);
		}

		if (strpos($path, '[') === false) {
			$tokens = explode('.', $path);
		} else {
			$tokens = String::tokenize($path, '.', '[', ']');
		}

		$_key = '__set_item__';

		$context = array($_key => array($data));

		foreach ($tokens as $token) {
			$next = array();

			list($token, $conditions) = self::_splitConditions($token);

			foreach ($context[$_key] as $item) {
				foreach ((array)$item as $k => $v) {
					if (static::_matchToken($k, $token)) {
						$next[] = $v;
					}
				}
			}

			// Filter for attributes.
			if ($conditions) {
				$filter = array();
				foreach ($next as $item) {
					if (static::_matches($item, $conditions)) {
						$filter[] = $item;
					}
				}
				$next = $filter;
			}
			$context = array($_key => $next);

		}
		return $context[$_key];
	}
/**
 * Split token conditions
 *
 * @param string $token the token being splitted.
 * @return array array(token, conditions) with token splitted
 */
	protected static function _splitConditions($token) {
		$conditions = false;
		$position = strpos($token, '[');
		if ($position !== false) {
			$conditions = substr($token, $position);
			$token = substr($token, 0, $position);
		}

		return array($token, $conditions);
	}

/**
 * Check a key against a token.
 *
 * @param string $key The key in the array being searched.
 * @param string $token The token being matched.
 * @return boolean
 */
	protected static function _matchToken($key, $token) {
		if ($token === '{n}') {
			return is_numeric($key);
		}
		if ($token === '{s}') {
			return is_string($key);
		}
		if (is_numeric($token)) {
			return ($key == $token);
		}
		return ($key === $token);
	}

/**
 * Checks whether or not $data matches the attribute patterns
 *
 * @param array $data Array of data to match.
 * @param string $selector The patterns to match.
 * @return boolean Fitness of expression.
 */
	protected static function _matches(array $data, $selector) {
		preg_match_all(
			'/(\[ (?P<attr>[^=><!]+?) (\s* (?P<op>[><!]?[=]|[><]) \s* (?P<val>(?:\/.*?\/ | [^\]]+)) )? \])/x',
			$selector,
			$conditions,
			PREG_SET_ORDER
		);

		foreach ($conditions as $cond) {
			$attr = $cond['attr'];
			$op = isset($cond['op']) ? $cond['op'] : null;
			$val = isset($cond['val']) ? $cond['val'] : null;

			// Presence test.
			if (empty($op) && empty($val) && !isset($data[$attr])) {
				return false;
			}

			// Empty attribute = fail.
			if (!(isset($data[$attr]) || array_key_exists($attr, $data))) {
				return false;
			}

			$prop = isset($data[$attr]) ? $data[$attr] : null;

			// Pattern matches and other operators.
			if ($op === '=' && $val && $val[0] === '/') {
				if (!preg_match($val, $prop)) {
					return false;
				}
			} elseif (
				($op === '=' && $prop != $val) ||
				($op === '!=' && $prop == $val) ||
				($op === '>' && $prop <= $val) ||
				($op === '<' && $prop >= $val) ||
				($op === '>=' && $prop < $val) ||
				($op === '<=' && $prop > $val)
			) {
				return false;
			}

		}
		return true;
	}

/**
 * Insert $values into an array with the given $path. You can use
 * `{n}` and `{s}` elements to insert $data multiple times.
 *
 * @param array $data The data to insert into.
 * @param string $path The path to insert at.
 * @param array $values The values to insert.
 * @return array The data with $values inserted.
 * @link http://book.cakephp.org/2.0/en/core-utility-libraries/hash.html#Hash::insert
 */
	public static function insert(array $data, $path, $values = null) {
		if (strpos($path, '[') === false) {
			$tokens = explode('.', $path);
		} else {
			$tokens = String::tokenize($path, '.', '[', ']');
		}

		if (strpos($path, '{') === false && strpos($path, '[') === false) {
			return static::_simpleOp('insert', $data, $tokens, $values);
		}

		$token = array_shift($tokens);
		$nextPath = implode('.', $tokens);

		list($token, $conditions) = static::_splitConditions($token);

		foreach ($data as $k => $v) {
			if (static::_matchToken($k, $token)) {
				if ($conditions && static::_matches($v, $conditions)) {
					$data[$k] = array_merge($v, $values);
					continue;
				}
				if (!$conditions) {
					$data[$k] = static::insert($v, $nextPath, $values);
				}
			}
		}
		return $data;
	}

/**
 * Perform a simple insert/remove operation.
 *
 * @param string $op The operation to do.
 * @param array $data The data to operate on.
 * @param array $path The path to work on.
 * @param mixed $values The values to insert when doing inserts.
 * @return array $data.
 */
	protected static function _simpleOp($op, $data, $path, $values = null) {
		$_list =& $data;

		$count = count($path);
		$last = $count - 1;
		foreach ($path as $i => $key) {
			if (is_numeric($key) && intval($key) > 0 || $key === '0') {
				$key = intval($key);
			}
			if ($op === 'insert') {
				if ($i === $last) {
					$_list[$key] = $values;
					return $data;
				}
				if (!isset($_list[$key])) {
					$_list[$key] = array();
				}
				$_list =& $_list[$key];
				if (!is_array($_list)) {
					$_list = array();
				}
			} elseif ($op === 'remove') {
				if ($i === $last) {
					unset($_list[$key]);
					return $data;
				}
				if (!isset($_list[$key])) {
					return $data;
				}
				$_list =& $_list[$key];
			}
		}
	}

/**
 * Remove data matching $path from the $data array.
 * You can use `{n}` and `{s}` to remove multiple elements
 * from $data.
 *
 * @param array $data The data to operate on
 * @param string $path A path expression to use to remove.
 * @return array The modified array.
 * @link http://book.cakephp.org/2.0/en/core-utility-libraries/hash.html#Hash::remove
 */
	public static function remove(array $data, $path) {
		if (strpos($path, '[') === false) {
			$tokens = explode('.', $path);
		} else {
			$tokens = String::tokenize($path, '.', '[', ']');
		}

		if (strpos($path, '{') === false && strpos($path, '[') === false) {
			return static::_simpleOp('remove', $data, $tokens);
		}

		$token = array_shift($tokens);
		$nextPath = implode('.', $tokens);

		list($token, $conditions) = self::_splitConditions($token);

		foreach ($data as $k => $v) {
			$match = static::_matchToken($k, $token);
			if ($match && is_array($v)) {
				if ($conditions && static::_matches($v, $conditions)) {
					unset($data[$k]);
					continue;
				}
				$data[$k] = static::remove($v, $nextPath);
				if (empty($data[$k])) {
					unset($data[$k]);
				}
			} elseif ($match) {
				unset($data[$k]);
			}
		}
		return $data;
	}

/**
 * Creates an associative array using `$keyPath` as the path to build its keys, and optionally
 * `$valuePath` as path to get the values. If `$valuePath` is not specified, all values will be initialized
 * to null (useful for Hash::merge). You can optionally group the values by what is obtained when
 * following the path specified in `$groupPath`.
 *
 * @param array $data Array from where to extract keys and values
 * @param string $keyPath A dot-separated string.
 * @param string $valuePath A dot-separated string.
 * @param string $groupPath A dot-separated string.
 * @return array Combined array
 * @link http://book.cakephp.org/2.0/en/core-utility-libraries/hash.html#Hash::combine
 */
	public static function combine(array $data, $keyPath, $valuePath = null, $groupPath = null) {
		if (empty($data)) {
			return array();
		}

		if (is_array($keyPath)) {
			$format = array_shift($keyPath);
			$keys = static::format($data, $keyPath, $format);
		} else {
			$keys = static::extract($data, $keyPath);
		}
		if (empty($keys)) {
			return array();
		}

		if (!empty($valuePath) && is_array($valuePath)) {
			$format = array_shift($valuePath);
			$vals = static::format($data, $valuePath, $format);
		} elseif (!empty($valuePath)) {
			$vals = static::extract($data, $valuePath);
		}

		$count = count($keys);
		for ($i = 0; $i < $count; $i++) {
			$vals[$i] = isset($vals[$i]) ? $vals[$i] : null;
		}

		if ($groupPath !== null) {
			$group = static::extract($data, $groupPath);
			if (!empty($group)) {
				$c = count($keys);
				for ($i = 0; $i < $c; $i++) {
					if (!isset($group[$i])) {
						$group[$i] = 0;
					}
					if (!isset($out[$group[$i]])) {
						$out[$group[$i]] = array();
					}
					$out[$group[$i]][$keys[$i]] = $vals[$i];
				}
				return $out;
			}
		}
		if (empty($vals)) {
			return array();
		}
		return array_combine($keys, $vals);
	}

/**
 * Returns a formatted series of values extracted from `$data`, using
 * `$format` as the format and `$paths` as the values to extract.
 *
 * Usage:
 *
 * {{{
 * $result = Hash::format($users, array('{n}.User.id', '{n}.User.name'), '%s : %s');
 * }}}
 *
 * The `$format` string can use any format options that `vsprintf()` and `sprintf()` do.
 *
 * @param array $data Source array from which to extract the data
 * @param string $paths An array containing one or more Hash::extract()-style key paths
 * @param string $format Format string into which values will be inserted, see sprintf()
 * @return array An array of strings extracted from `$path` and formatted with `$format`
 * @link http://book.cakephp.org/2.0/en/core-utility-libraries/hash.html#Hash::format
 * @see sprintf()
 * @see Hash::extract()
 * @link http://book.cakephp.org/2.0/en/core-utility-libraries/hash.html#Hash::format
 */
	public static function format(array $data, array $paths, $format) {
		$extracted = array();
		$count = count($paths);

		if (!$count) {
			return;
		}

		for ($i = 0; $i < $count; $i++) {
			$extracted[] = static::extract($data, $paths[$i]);
		}
		$out = array();
		$data = $extracted;
		$count = count($data[0]);

		$countTwo = count($data);
		for ($j = 0; $j < $count; $j++) {
			$args = array();
			for ($i = 0; $i < $countTwo; $i++) {
				if (array_key_exists($j, $data[$i])) {
					$args[] = $data[$i][$j];
				}
			}
			$out[] = vsprintf($format, $args);
		}
		return $out;
	}

/**
 * Determines if one array contains the exact keys and values of another.
 *
 * @param array $data The data to search through.
 * @param array $needle The values to file in $data
 * @return boolean true if $data contains $needle, false otherwise
 * @link http://book.cakephp.org/2.0/en/core-utility-libraries/hash.html#Hash::contains
 */
	public static function contains(array $data, array $needle) {
		if (empty($data) || empty($needle)) {
			return false;
		}
		$stack = array();

		while (!empty($needle)) {
			$key = key($needle);
			$val = $needle[$key];
			unset($needle[$key]);

			if (array_key_exists($key, $data) && is_array($val)) {
				$next = $data[$key];
				unset($data[$key]);

				if (!empty($val)) {
					$stack[] = array($val, $next);
				}
			} elseif (!array_key_exists($key, $data) || $data[$key] != $val) {
				return false;
			}

			if (empty($needle) && !empty($stack)) {
				list($needle, $data) = array_pop($stack);
			}
		}
		return true;
	}

/**
 * Test whether or not a given path exists in $data.
 * This method uses the same path syntax as Hash::extract()
 *
 * Checking for paths that could target more than one element will
 * make sure that at least one matching element exists.
 *
 * @param array $data The data to check.
 * @param string $path The path to check for.
 * @return boolean Existence of path.
 * @see Hash::extract()
 * @link http://book.cakephp.org/2.0/en/core-utility-libraries/hash.html#Hash::check
 */
	public static function check(array $data, $path) {
		$results = static::extract($data, $path);
		if (!is_array($results)) {
			return false;
		}
		return count($results) > 0;
	}

/**
 * Recursively filters a data set.
 *
 * @param array $data Either an array to filter, or value when in callback
 * @param callable $callback A function to filter the data with. Defaults to
 *   `static::_filter()` Which strips out all non-zero empty values.
 * @return array Filtered array
 * @link http://book.cakephp.org/2.0/en/core-utility-libraries/hash.html#Hash::filter
 */
	public static function filter(array $data, $callback = array('self', '_filter')) {
		foreach ($data as $k => $v) {
			if (is_array($v)) {
				$data[$k] = static::filter($v, $callback);
			}
		}
		return array_filter($data, $callback);
	}

/**
 * Callback function for filtering.
 *
 * @param array $var Array to filter.
 * @return boolean
 */
	protected static function _filter($var) {
		if ($var === 0 || $var === '0' || !empty($var)) {
			return true;
		}
		return false;
	}

/**
 * Collapses a multi-dimensional array into a single dimension, using a delimited array path for
 * each array element's key, i.e. array(array('Foo' => array('Bar' => 'Far'))) becomes
 * array('0.Foo.Bar' => 'Far').)
 *
 * @param array $data Array to flatten
 * @param string $separator String used to separate array key elements in a path, defaults to '.'
 * @return array
 * @link http://book.cakephp.org/2.0/en/core-utility-libraries/hash.html#Hash::flatten
 */
	public static function flatten(array $data, $separator = '.') {
		$result = array();
		$stack = array();
		$path = null;

		reset($data);
		while (!empty($data)) {
			$key = key($data);
			$element = $data[$key];
			unset($data[$key]);

			if (is_array($element) && !empty($element)) {
				if (!empty($data)) {
					$stack[] = array($data, $path);
				}
				$data = $element;
				reset($data);
				$path .= $key . $separator;
			} else {
				$result[$path . $key] = $element;
			}

			if (empty($data) && !empty($stack)) {
				list($data, $path) = array_pop($stack);
				reset($data);
			}
		}
		return $result;
	}

/**
 * Expand/unflattens an string to an array
 *
 * For example, unflattens an array that was collapsed with `Hash::flatten()`
 * into a multi-dimensional array. So, `array('0.Foo.Bar' => 'Far')` becomes
 * `array(array('Foo' => array('Bar' => 'Far')))`.
 *
 * @param array $data Flattened array
 * @param string $separator The delimiter used
 * @return array
 * @link http://book.cakephp.org/2.0/en/core-utility-libraries/hash.html#Hash::expand
 */
	public static function expand($data, $separator = '.') {
		$result = array();
		foreach ($data as $flat => $value) {
			$keys = explode($separator, $flat);
			$keys = array_reverse($keys);
			$child = array(
				$keys[0] => $value
			);
			array_shift($keys);
			foreach ($keys as $k) {
				$child = array(
					$k => $child
				);
			}
			$result = static::merge($result, $child);
		}
		return $result;
	}

/**
 * This function can be thought of as a hybrid between PHP's `array_merge` and `array_merge_recursive`.
 *
 * The difference between this method and the built-in ones, is that if an array key contains another array, then
 * Hash::merge() will behave in a recursive fashion (unlike `array_merge`). But it will not act recursively for
 * keys that contain scalar values (unlike `array_merge_recursive`).
 *
 * Note: This function will work with an unlimited amount of arguments and typecasts non-array parameters into arrays.
 *
 * @param array $data Array to be merged
 * @param mixed $merge Array to merge with. The argument and all trailing arguments will be array cast when merged
 * @return array Merged array
 * @link http://book.cakephp.org/2.0/en/core-utility-libraries/hash.html#Hash::merge
 */
	public static function merge(array $data, $merge) {
		$args = func_get_args();
		$return = current($args);

		while (($arg = next($args)) !== false) {
			foreach ((array)$arg as $key => $val) {
				if (!empty($return[$key]) && is_array($return[$key]) && is_array($val)) {
					$return[$key] = static::merge($return[$key], $val);
				} elseif (is_int($key) && isset($return[$key])) {
					$return[] = $val;
				} else {
					$return[$key] = $val;
				}
			}
		}
		return $return;
	}

/**
 * Checks to see if all the values in the array are numeric
 *
 * @param array $array The array to check.
 * @return boolean true if values are numeric, false otherwise
 * @link http://book.cakephp.org/2.0/en/core-utility-libraries/hash.html#Hash::numeric
 */
	public static function numeric(array $data) {
		if (empty($data)) {
			return false;
		}
		$values = array_values($data);
		$str = implode('', $values);
		return (bool)ctype_digit($str);
	}

/**
 * Counts the dimensions of an array.
 * Only considers the dimension of the first element in the array.
 *
 * If you have an un-even or heterogenous array, consider using Hash::maxDimensions()
 * to get the dimensions of the array.
 *
 * @param array $array Array to count dimensions on
 * @return integer The number of dimensions in $data
 * @link http://book.cakephp.org/2.0/en/core-utility-libraries/hash.html#Hash::dimensions
 */
	public static function dimensions(array $data) {
		if (empty($data)) {
			return 0;
		}
		reset($data);
		$depth = 1;
		while ($elem = array_shift($data)) {
			if (is_array($elem)) {
				$depth += 1;
				$data =& $elem;
			} else {
				break;
			}
		}
		return $depth;
	}

/**
 * Counts the dimensions of *all* array elements. Useful for finding the maximum
 * number of dimensions in a mixed array.
 *
 * @param array $data Array to count dimensions on
 * @return integer The maximum number of dimensions in $data
 * @link http://book.cakephp.org/2.0/en/core-utility-libraries/hash.html#Hash::maxDimensions
 */
	public static function maxDimensions(array $data) {
		$depth = array();
		if (is_array($data) && reset($data) !== false) {
			foreach ($data as $value) {
				$depth[] = static::dimensions((array)$value) + 1;
			}
		}
		return max($depth);
	}

/**
 * Map a callback across all elements in a set.
 * Can be provided a path to only modify slices of the set.
 *
 * @param array $data The data to map over, and extract data out of.
 * @param string $path The path to extract for mapping over.
 * @param callable $function The function to call on each extracted value.
 * @return array An array of the modified values.
 * @link http://book.cakephp.org/2.0/en/core-utility-libraries/hash.html#Hash::map
 */
	public static function map(array $data, $path, $function) {
		$values = (array)static::extract($data, $path);
		return array_map($function, $values);
	}

/**
 * Reduce a set of extracted values using `$function`.
 *
 * @param array $data The data to reduce.
 * @param string $path The path to extract from $data.
 * @param callable $function The function to call on each extracted value.
 * @return mixed The reduced value.
 * @link http://book.cakephp.org/2.0/en/core-utility-libraries/hash.html#Hash::reduce
 */
	public static function reduce(array $data, $path, $function) {
		$values = (array)static::extract($data, $path);
		return array_reduce($values, $function);
	}

/**
 * Apply a callback to a set of extracted values using `$function`.
 * The function will get the extracted values as the first argument.
 *
 * ### Example
 *
 * You can easily count the results of an extract using apply().
 * For example to count the comments on an Article:
 *
 * `$count = Hash::apply($data, 'Article.Comment.{n}', 'count');`
 *
 * You could also use a function like `array_sum` to sum the results.
 *
 * `$total = Hash::apply($data, '{n}.Item.price', 'array_sum');`
 *
 * @param array $data The data to reduce.
 * @param string $path The path to extract from $data.
 * @param callable $function The function to call on each extracted value.
 * @return mixed The results of the applied method.
 */
	public static function apply(array $data, $path, $function) {
		$values = (array)static::extract($data, $path);
		return call_user_func($function, $values);
	}

/**
 * Sorts an array by any value, determined by a Set-compatible path
 *
 * ### Sort directions
 *
 * - `asc` Sort ascending.
 * - `desc` Sort descending.
 *
 * ## Sort types
 *
 * - `regular` For regular sorting (don't change types)
 * - `numeric` Compare values numerically
 * - `string` Compare values as strings
 * - `natural` Compare items as strings using "natural ordering" in a human friendly way.
 *   Will sort foo10 below foo2 as an example. Requires PHP 5.4 or greater or it will fallback to 'regular'
 *
 * @param array $data An array of data to sort
 * @param string $path A Set-compatible path to the array value
 * @param string $dir See directions above.
 * @param string $type See direction types above. Defaults to 'regular'.
 * @return array Sorted array of data
 * @link http://book.cakephp.org/2.0/en/core-utility-libraries/hash.html#Hash::sort
 */
	public static function sort(array $data, $path, $dir, $type = 'regular') {
		if (empty($data)) {
			return array();
		}
		$originalKeys = array_keys($data);
		$numeric = is_numeric(implode('', $originalKeys));
		if ($numeric) {
			$data = array_values($data);
		}
		$sortValues = static::extract($data, $path);
		$sortCount = count($sortValues);
		$dataCount = count($data);

		// Make sortValues match the data length, as some keys could be missing
		// the sorted value path.
		if ($sortCount < $dataCount) {
			$sortValues = array_pad($sortValues, $dataCount, null);
		}
		$result = static::_squash($sortValues);
		$keys = static::extract($result, '{n}.id');
		$values = static::extract($result, '{n}.value');

		$dir = strtolower($dir);
		$type = strtolower($type);
		if ($dir === 'asc') {
			$dir = SORT_ASC;
		} else {
			$dir = SORT_DESC;
		}
		if ($type === 'numeric') {
			$type = SORT_NUMERIC;
		} elseif ($type === 'string') {
			$type = SORT_STRING;
		} elseif ($type === 'natural') {
			$type = SORT_NATURAL;
		} else {
			$type = SORT_REGULAR;
		}
		array_multisort($values, $dir, $type, $keys, $dir, $type);
		$sorted = array();
		$keys = array_unique($keys);

		foreach ($keys as $k) {
			if ($numeric) {
				$sorted[] = $data[$k];
				continue;
			}
			if (isset($originalKeys[$k])) {
				$sorted[$originalKeys[$k]] = $data[$originalKeys[$k]];
			} else {
				$sorted[$k] = $data[$k];
			}
		}
		return $sorted;
	}

/**
 * Helper method for sort()
 * Squashes an array to a single hash so it can be sorted.
 *
 * @param array $data The data to squash.
 * @param string $key The key for the data.
 * @return array
 */
	protected static function _squash($data, $key = null) {
		$stack = array();
		foreach ($data as $k => $r) {
			$id = $k;
			if ($key !== null) {
				$id = $key;
			}
			if (is_array($r) && !empty($r)) {
				$stack = array_merge($stack, static::_squash($r, $id));
			} else {
				$stack[] = array('id' => $id, 'value' => $r);
			}
		}
		return $stack;
	}

/**
 * Computes the difference between two complex arrays.
 * This method differs from the built-in array_diff() in that it will preserve keys
 * and work on multi-dimensional arrays.
 *
 * @param array $data First value
 * @param array $compare Second value
 * @return array Returns the key => value pairs that are not common in $data and $compare
 *    The expression for this function is ($data - $compare) + ($compare - ($data - $compare))
 * @link http://book.cakephp.org/2.0/en/core-utility-libraries/hash.html#Hash::diff
 */
	public static function diff(array $data, $compare) {
		if (empty($data)) {
			return (array)$compare;
		}
		if (empty($compare)) {
			return (array)$data;
		}
		$intersection = array_intersect_key($data, $compare);
		while (($key = key($intersection)) !== null) {
			if ($data[$key] == $compare[$key]) {
				unset($data[$key]);
				unset($compare[$key]);
			}
			next($intersection);
		}
		return $data + $compare;
	}

/**
 * Merges the difference between $data and $compare onto $data.
 *
 * @param array $data The data to append onto.
 * @param array $compare The data to compare and append onto.
 * @return array The merged array.
 * @link http://book.cakephp.org/2.0/en/core-utility-libraries/hash.html#Hash::mergeDiff
 */
	public static function mergeDiff(array $data, $compare) {
		if (empty($data) && !empty($compare)) {
			return $compare;
		}
		if (empty($compare)) {
			return $data;
		}
		foreach ($compare as $key => $value) {
			if (!array_key_exists($key, $data)) {
				$data[$key] = $value;
			} elseif (is_array($value)) {
				$data[$key] = static::mergeDiff($data[$key], $compare[$key]);
			}
		}
		return $data;
	}

/**
 * Normalizes an array, and converts it to a standard format.
 *
 * @param array $data List to normalize
 * @param boolean $assoc If true, $data will be converted to an associative array.
 * @return array
 * @link http://book.cakephp.org/2.0/en/core-utility-libraries/hash.html#Hash::normalize
 */
	public static function normalize(array $data, $assoc = true) {
		$keys = array_keys($data);
		$count = count($keys);
		$numeric = true;

		if (!$assoc) {
			for ($i = 0; $i < $count; $i++) {
				if (!is_int($keys[$i])) {
					$numeric = false;
					break;
				}
			}
		}
		if (!$numeric || $assoc) {
			$newList = array();
			for ($i = 0; $i < $count; $i++) {
				if (is_int($keys[$i])) {
					$newList[$data[$keys[$i]]] = null;
				} else {
					$newList[$keys[$i]] = $data[$keys[$i]];
				}
			}
			$data = $newList;
		}
		return $data;
	}

/**
 * Takes in a flat array and returns a nested array
 *
 * ### Options:
 *
 * - `children` The key name to use in the resultset for children.
 * - `idPath` The path to a key that identifies each entry. Should be
 *   compatible with Hash::extract(). Defaults to `{n}.$alias.id`
 * - `parentPath` The path to a key that identifies the parent of each entry.
 *   Should be compatible with Hash::extract(). Defaults to `{n}.$alias.parent_id`
 * - `root` The id of the desired top-most result.
 *
 * @param array $data The data to nest.
 * @param array $options Options are:
 * @return array of results, nested
 * @see Hash::extract()
 * @link http://book.cakephp.org/2.0/en/core-utility-libraries/hash.html#Hash::nest
 */
	public static function nest(array $data, $options = array()) {
		if (!$data) {
			return $data;
		}

		$alias = key(current($data));
		$options += array(
			'idPath' => "{n}.$alias.id",
			'parentPath' => "{n}.$alias.parent_id",
			'children' => 'children',
			'root' => null
		);

		$return = $idMap = array();
		$ids = static::extract($data, $options['idPath']);

		$idKeys = explode('.', $options['idPath']);
		array_shift($idKeys);

		$parentKeys = explode('.', $options['parentPath']);
		array_shift($parentKeys);

		foreach ($data as $result) {
			$result[$options['children']] = array();

			$id = static::get($result, $idKeys);
			$parentId = static::get($result, $parentKeys);

			if (isset($idMap[$id][$options['children']])) {
				$idMap[$id] = array_merge($result, (array)$idMap[$id]);
			} else {
				$idMap[$id] = array_merge($result, array($options['children'] => array()));
			}
			if (!$parentId || !in_array($parentId, $ids)) {
				$return[] =& $idMap[$id];
			} else {
				$idMap[$parentId][$options['children']][] =& $idMap[$id];
			}
		}

		if ($options['root']) {
			$root = $options['root'];
		} else {
			$root = static::get($return[0], $parentKeys);
		}

		foreach ($return as $i => $result) {
			$id = static::get($result, $idKeys);
			$parentId = static::get($result, $parentKeys);
			if ($id !== $root && $parentId != $root) {
				unset($return[$i]);
			}
		}
		return array_values($return);
	}

}