Hackerrank with PHP: Arrays Left Rotation

Got another simple Hackerrank solution! This is one of the first challenges in the arrays section dealing with left rotation. Here's the problem description:

A left rotation operation on an array shifts each of the array's elements 1 unit to the left. For example, if 2 left rotations are performed on array [1,2,3,4,5], then the array would become [3,4,5,1,2]

Given an array a of n integers and a number, d, perform d left rotations on the array. Return the updated array to be printed as a single line of space-separated integers.

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// Complete the rotLeft function below.
function rotLeft($a, $d) {
foreach($a as $key => $value) {
$pos = $key - $d;

if($pos < 0) {
$pos = $pos + count($a);
}

$rotated[$pos] = $value;
}

ksort($rotated);

return $rotated;
}

Hope this helps! Let me know of any questions in the comments.

Hackerrank with PHP: Arrays Left Rotation

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