Can you compare an array of strings in PHP and if there are two that are the same it will only return it once?
<p>Here is the script I am running and I would like if there are 2 strings that the same to only display one string and not both. I dont know where to add the array_unique() I have added it to my script but it doesnt seem to work properlly, instead it is taking out all the strings with the same value   Here is the script I am running and I would like if there are 2 strings that the same to only display one string and not both<br>
    

<pre><code>//Get slider data from theme options
$company1 = $data['md_media_company_img1'];
$company2 = $data['md_media_company_img2'];
$company3 = $data['md_media_company_img3'];
$company4 = $data['md_media_company_img4'];
$company5 = $data['md_media_company_img5'];
$company6 = $data['md_media_company_img6'];
$company7 = $data['md_media_company_img7'];
$company8 = $data['md_media_company_img8'];
$company9 = $data['md_media_company_img9'];
$company10 = $data['md_media_company_img10'];
$company11 = $data['md_media_company_img11'];
$company12 = $data['md_media_company_img12'];

/*Slides Array*/
$company_name = array( 
    'company1' =&gt; array(
        'name' =&gt; $company1,
    ),
    'company2' =&gt; array(
        'name' =&gt; $company2,
    ),
    'company3' =&gt; array(
        'name' =&gt; $company3,
    ),
    'company4' =&gt; array(
        'name' =&gt; $company4,
    ),
    'company5' =&gt; array(
        'name' =&gt; $company5,
    ),
    'company6' =&gt; array(
        'name' =&gt; $company6,
    ),
    'company7' =&gt; array(
        'name' =&gt; $company7,
    ),
    'company8' =&gt; array(
        'name' =&gt; $company8,
    ),
    'company9' =&gt; array(
        'name' =&gt; $company9,
    ),
    'company10' =&gt; array(
        'name' =&gt; $company10,
    ),
    'company11' =&gt; array(
        'name' =&gt; $company11,
    ),
    'company12' =&gt; array(
        'name' =&gt; $company12,
    )

);

/*check if exist slide*/
$check_exist_company = 0;
$result = array_unique($company_name);
foreach($result as $company =&gt; $value) {
    if (!empty ($value['name'])){
        $check_exist_company = 1;
    }
}
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<pre><code>            &lt;?php if($check_exist_company == 1) {// check if any slide image added in theme option, return custom slide?&gt;
                &lt;?php $i = 1; ?&gt;
                    &lt;?php foreach($company_name as $company =&gt; $value) {

                        if (!empty ($value['name'])) {?&gt;

                            &lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="nivoLink4" rel="&lt;?php echo $i;?&gt;" href="#"&gt;&lt;?php echo $value['name'];?&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
                             &lt;?php ++$i ?&gt;

                            &lt;?php } ?&gt;
                      &lt;?php }?&gt;

            &lt;?php } ?&gt;

&lt;!--/slider--&gt;    
</code></pre>
