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count_duplicates

Language/Type: PHP arrays traversals

Write a function named count_duplicates that accepts an array of integers as a parameter and that returns the number of duplicate values in the array. A duplicate value is a value that also occurs earlier in the array.

For example, if an array named $arr contains [1, 4, 2, 4, 7, 1, 1, 9, 2, 3, 4, 1], then the call of count_duplicates($arr) should return 6 because there are three duplicates of the value 1, one duplicate of the value 2, and two duplicates of the value 4.

If the array passed is empty or contains only one element, your function should return 0.

Function: Write a PHP function as described, not a complete program.

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