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<?php
/**
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 * Copyright (c) Cake Software Foundation, Inc. (http://cakefoundation.org)
 *
 * Licensed under The MIT License
 * For full copyright and license information, please see the LICENSE.txt
 * Redistributions of files must retain the above copyright notice.
 *
 * @copyright     Copyright (c) Cake Software Foundation, Inc. (http://cakefoundation.org)
 * @link          http://cakephp.org CakePHP(tm) Project
 * @package       Cake.Utility
 * @since         CakePHP(tm) v 2.2.0
 * @license       http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php MIT License
 */

App::uses('String', '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.
 *
 * @package       Cake.Utility
 */
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.
 * @param mixed $default The return value when the path does not exist
 * @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, $default = null) {
                if (empty($data)) {
                        return $default;
                }
                if (is_string($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 $default;
                        }
                }
                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('/[{\[]/', $path)) {
                        return (array)self::get($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 => $v) {
                                        if (self::_matchToken($k, $token)) {
                                                $next[] = $v;
                                        }
                                }
                        }

                        // Filter for attributes.
                        if ($conditions) {
                                $filter = array();
                                foreach ($next as $item) {
                                        if (is_array($item) && self::_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 $token The token being matched.
 * @return bool
 */
        protected static function _matchToken($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 bool 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;
                        }

                        $prop = null;
                        if (isset($data[$attr])) {
                                $prop = $data[$attr];
                        }
                        $isBool = is_bool($prop);
                        if ($isBool && is_numeric($val)) {
                                $prop = $prop ? '1' : '0';
                        } elseif ($isBool) {
                                $prop = $prop ? 'true' : 'false';
                        }

                        // 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 self::_simpleOp('insert', $data, $tokens, $values);
                }

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

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

                foreach ($data as $k => $v) {
                        if (self::_matchToken($k, $token)) {
                                if ($conditions && self::_matches($v, $conditions)) {
                                        $data[$k] = array_merge($v, $values);
                                        continue;
                                }
                                if (!$conditions) {
                                        $data[$k] = self::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 self::_simpleOp('remove', $data, $tokens);
                }

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

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

                foreach ($data as $k => $v) {
                        $match = self::_matchToken($k, $token);
                        if ($match && is_array($v)) {
                                if ($conditions && self::_matches($v, $conditions)) {
                                        unset($data[$k]);
                                        continue;
                                }
                                $data[$k] = self::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
 * @throws CakeException CakeException When keys and values count is unequal.
 */
        public static function combine(array $data, $keyPath, $valuePath = null, $groupPath = null) {
                if (empty($data)) {
                        return array();
                }

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

                if (!empty($valuePath) && is_array($valuePath)) {
                        $format = array_shift($valuePath);
                        $vals = self::format($data, $valuePath, $format);
                } elseif (!empty($valuePath)) {
                        $vals = self::extract($data, $valuePath);
                }
                if (empty($vals)) {
                        $vals = array_fill(0, count($keys), null);
                }

                if (count($keys) !== count($vals)) {
                        throw new CakeException(__d(
                                'cake_dev',
                                'Hash::combine() needs an equal number of keys + values.'
                        ));
                }

                if ($groupPath !== null) {
                        $group = self::extract($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++) {
                        $extracted[] = self::extract($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 bool 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 bool 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) {
                $results = self::extract($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
 *   `self::_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] = self::filter($v, $callback);
                        }
                }
                return array_filter($data, $callback);
        }

/**
 * Callback function for filtering.
 *
 * @param array $var Array to filter.
 * @return bool
 */
        protected static function _filter($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;
        }

/**
 * Expands a flat array to a nested 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
                                );
                        }
                        $result = self::merge($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] = self::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 $data The array to check.
 * @return bool 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;
                }
                return $data === array_filter($data, 'is_numeric');
        }

/**
 * 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 $data Array to count dimensions on
 * @return int 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 int 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) {
                                $depth[] = self::dimensions((array)$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) {
                $values = (array)self::extract($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) {
                $values = (array)self::extract($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) {
                $values = (array)self::extract($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. Defaults to 'asc'.
 * @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 = 'asc', $type = 'regular') {
                if (empty($data)) {
                        return array();
                }
                $originalKeys = array_keys($data);
                $numeric = is_numeric(implode('', $originalKeys));
                if ($numeric) {
                        $data = array_values($data);
                }
                $sortValues = self::extract($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);
                }
                $result = self::_squash($sortValues);
                $keys = self::extract($result, '{n}.id');
                $values = self::extract($result, '{n}.value');

                $dir = strtolower($dir);
                $type = strtolower($type);
                if ($type === 'natural' && version_compare(PHP_VERSION, '5.4.0', '<')) {
                        $type = 'regular';
                }
                if ($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, self::_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] = self::mergeDiff($data[$key], $compare[$key]);
                        }
                }
                return $data;
        }

/**
 * Normalizes an array, and converts it to a standard format.
 *
 * @param array $data List to normalize
 * @param bool $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();
                $ids = self::extract($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();

                        $id = self::get($result, $idKeys);
                        $parentId = self::get($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 = $options['root'];
                } elseif (!$return) {
                        return array();
                } else {
                        $root = self::get($return[0], $parentKeys);
                }

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

}