PHP Program to Check horizontal and vertical symmetry in binary matrix

Given a 2D binary matrix of N rows and M columns. The task is to check whether the matrix is horizontal symmetric, vertical symmetric, or both. The matrix is said to be horizontal symmetric if the first row is the same as the last row, the second row is the same as the second last row, and so on. And the matrix is said to be vertical symmetric if the first column is the same as the last column, the second column is the same as the second last column, and so on. Print "VERTICAL" if the matrix is vertically symmetric, "HORIZONTAL" if the matrix is vertically symmetric, "BOTH" if the matrix is vertical and horizontal symmetric, and "NO" if not symmetric.

Examples:  

Input: N = 3 M = 3
0 1 0
0 0 0
0 1 0
Output: Both
Explanation:
First and third row are same and also second row 
is in middle. So Horizontal Symmetric.
Similarly, First and third column are same and
also second column is in middle, so Vertical 
Symmetric.

Input:
0 0 1
1 1 0
0 0 1.
Output: Both 

The idea is to use pointers indicating two rows (or columns) and compare each cell of both the pointed rows (or columns). 

For Horizontal Symmetry, initialize one pointer i = 0 and another pointer j = N - 1. 

Now, compare each element of i-th row and j-th row. Increase i by 1 and decrease j by 1 in each loop cycle. If at least one, not an identical element, is found, mark the matrix as not horizontal symmetric.

Similarly, for Vertical Symmetry, initialize one pointer i = 0 and another pointer j = M - 1. 

Now, compare each element of i-th column and j-th column. Increase i by 1 and decrease j by 1 in each loop cycle. If at least one, not an identical element, is found, mark the matrix as not vertical symmetric.

Below is the implementation of the above idea: 

<?php
// PHP program to find if 
// a matrix is symmetric.

function checkHV($arr, $N, $M)
{
    // Initializing as both horizontal 
    // and vertical symmetric.
    $horizontal = true; $vertical = true;

    // Checking for Horizontal Symmetry. 
    // We compare first row with last row,
    // second row with second last row 
    // and so on.
    for ($i = 0, $k = $N - 1; 
         $i < $N / 2; $i++, 
         $k--)
    {
        // Checking each cell of a column.
        for ($j = 0; $j < $M; $j++)
        {
            // check if every cell is identical
            if ($arr[$i][$j] != $arr[$k][$j])
            {
                $horizontal = false;
                break;
            }
        }
    }

    // Checking for Vertical Symmetry. 
    // We compare first column with 
    // last column, second xolumn with 
    // second last column and so on.
    for ($i = 0, $k = $M - 1; 
         $i < $M / 2; $i++, 
         $k--)
    {
        // Checking each cell of a row.
        for ($j = 0; $j < $N; $j++)
        {
            // check if every cell is identical
            if ($arr[$i][$j] != $arr[$k][$j])
            {
                $horizontal = false;
                break;
            }
        }
    }

    if (!$horizontal && !$vertical)
        echo "NO
";
    else if ($horizontal && !$vertical)
        cout << "HORIZONTAL
";
    else if ($vertical && !$horizontal)
        echo "VERTICAL
";
    else echo "BOTH
";
}

// Driver Code
$mat = array(array (1, 0, 1),
             array (0, 0, 0),
             array (1, 0, 1));
checkHV($mat, 3, 3);

// This code is contributed by nitin mittal. 
?>

BOTH

Time Complexity: O(N*M).
Auxiliary Space: O(1) as it is using constant space for variables

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