function splitToPatterns($array)
{
$length = count($array);
if ($length < 1) {
return $array;
}
$pos = 0;
$repeats = 1;
$last_window = 1;
// Scan from the start of the array, from the bigger window to smaller
for ($win = floor($length / 2); $win > 0; $win--) {
while (array_slice($array, $pos, $win) == array_slice($array, $pos + $win, $win)) {
$last_window = $win;
$pos += $win;
$repeats++;
}
if ($repeats > 1) {
break;
}
}
// scan the rest of the array
$next = splitToPatterns(array_slice($array, $pos + $last_window));
//return array_merge(Array(Array('number'=>$repeats, 'values'=>array_slice($array, $pos, $last_window))), $next);
// this is for the case when larger pattern doesn't start from the beginning, like
// 'one', 'two', 'one', 'two', 'three', 'four', 'one', 'two', 'three', 'four'
// [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]
// so we shift by 1 element and check the rest
$shift = splitToPatterns(array_slice($array, 1));
// Now check where we have less items (= more repeats)
if (count($next) < count($shift) + 1) {
return array_merge(array(array('number' => $repeats, 'values' => array_slice($array, $pos, $last_window))), $next);
}
return array_merge(array(array('number' => 1, 'values' => array_slice($array, 0, 1))), $shift);
}
function splitToPatterns($array)
{
if (count($array) < 1) {
return $array;
}
list($repeats, $start, $pattern) = findLongestPattern($array);
$end = $start + count($pattern) * $repeats;
return array_merge(splitToPatterns(array_slice($array, 0, $start)), array(array('number' => $repeats, 'values' => $pattern)), splitToPatterns(array_slice($array, $end)));
}