下面是如何比较数组并获得它们之间的不同之处的示例。

$array1 = ['1' => 'XXX', 'second' => [
            'a' => ['test' => '2'],
            'b' => 'test'
        ], 'b' => ['no test']];

        $array2 = [
            '1' => 'XX',
            'second' => [
                'a' => ['test' => '5', 'z' => 5],
                'b' => 'test'
            ],
            'test'
        ];


        function compareArrayValues($arrayOne, $arrayTwo, &$diff = [], $reversed = false)
        {
            foreach ($arrayOne as $key => $val) {
                if (!isset($arrayTwo[$key])) {
                    $diff[$key] = 'MISSING IN ' . ($reversed ? 'FIRST' : 'SECOND');
                } else if (is_array($val) && (json_encode($arrayOne[$key]) !== json_encode($arrayTwo[$key]))) {
                    compareArrayValues($arrayOne[$key], $arrayTwo[$key], $diff[$key], $reversed);
                } else if ($arrayOne[$key] !== $arrayTwo[$key]) {
                    $diff[$key] = 'DIFFERENT';
                }
            }
        }

        $diff = [];
        $diffSecond = [];

        compareArrayValues($array1, $array2, $diff);
        compareArrayValues($array2, $array1, $diffSecond, true);

        print_r($diff);
        print_r($diffSecond);

        print_r(array_merge($diff, $diffSecond));

结果:

Array
(
    [0] => DIFFERENT
    [second] => Array
        (
            [a] => Array
                (
                    [test] => DIFFERENT
                    [z] => MISSING IN FIRST
                )

        )

    [b] => MISSING IN SECOND
    [1] => DIFFERENT
    [2] => MISSING IN FIRST
)

使用php函数array_diff(array1, array2);

它将返回数组之间的差值。如果是空的，那么它们相等。

例子:

$array1 = array(
    'a' => 'value1',

    'b' => 'value2',

    'c' => 'value3'
 );

$array2 = array(
    'a' => 'value1',

    'b' => 'value2',

    'c' => 'value4'
 );

$diff = array_diff(array1, array2);

var_dump($diff); 

//it will print array = (0 => ['c'] => 'value4' ) 

示例2:

$array1 = array(
    'a' => 'value1',

    'b' => 'value2',

    'c' => 'value3',
 );

$array2 = array(
    'a' => 'value1',

    'b' => 'value2',

    'c' => 'value3',
 );

$diff = array_diff(array1, array2);

var_dump($diff); 

//it will print empty; 

尝试序列化。这也将检查嵌套子数组。

$foo =serialize($array_foo);
$bar =serialize($array_bar);
if ($foo == $bar) echo "Foo and bar are equal";

$arraysAreEqual = ($a == $b); // TRUE if $a and $b have the same key/value pairs.
$arraysAreEqual = ($a === $b); // TRUE if $a and $b have the same key/value pairs in the same order and of the same types.

参见数组操作符。

EDIT

不等式运算符是!=，而非恒等运算符是!==来匹配相等 运算符==和恒等运算符===。

if (array_diff($a,$b) == array_diff($b,$a)) {
  // Equals
}

if (array_diff($a,$b) != array_diff($b,$a)) {
  // Not Equals
}

从我的观点来看，最好使用array_diff而不是array_intersect，因为这种性质的检查通常返回的差异小于相似点，这样bool转换占用的内存更少。

注意，此解决方案适用于普通数组，并补充了上面发布的仅对字典有效的==和===。

如果你想检查数组的键和值是否严格相等(===)，你可以使用下面的函数:

function array_eq($a, $b) {
    // If the objects are not arrays or differ in their size, they cannot be equal
    if (!is_array($a) || !is_array($b) || count($a) !== count($b)) {
        return false;
    }
    // If the arrays of keys are not strictly equal (after sorting),
    // the original arrays are not strictly equal either
    $a_keys = array_keys($a);
    $b_keys = array_keys($b);
    array_multisort($a_keys);
    array_multisort($b_keys);
    if ($a_keys !== $b_keys) {
        return false;
    }
    // Comparing values
    foreach ($a_keys as $key) {
        $a_value = $a[$key];
        $b_value = $b[$key];
        // Either the objects are strictly equal or they are arrays
        // which are equal according to our definition. Otherwise they
        // are different.
        if ($a_value !== $b_value && !array_eq($a_value, $b_value)) {
            return false;
        }
    }
    return true;
}