find key in array php
// Here's our fruity array
$fruits = ['apple', 'pear', 'banana'];
// Use it in an `if` statement
if (array_key_exists("banana", $fruits)) {
// Do stuff because `banana` exists
}
// Store it for later use
$exists = array_key_exists("peach", $fruits);<?php
$array = array(0 => 'blue', 1 => 'red', 2 => 'green', 3 => 'red');
$key = array_search('green', $array); // $key = 2;
$key = array_search('red', $array); // $key = 1;
?>
$people = array(
2 => array(
'name' => 'John',
'fav_color' => 'green'
),
5=> array(
'name' => 'Samuel',
'fav_color' => 'blue'
));
$found_key = array_search('blue', array_column($people, 'fav_color'));$arr = array(
"one" => 1,
"two" => 2,
"three" => 3,
"seventeen" => 17
);
function find($mot){
global $arr; // this is global variable
$ok=false;
foreach ($arr as $k => $v)
{
if($k==$mot){
return $v; $ok=true; // or return true;
}
}
if(ok==false){ return -1; } // or return false;
}
//call function
echo find("two");<?php
$search_array = array('first' => null, 'second' => 4);
// returns false
isset($search_array['first']);
// returns true
array_key_exists('first', $search_array);
?>
function findKey($array, $keySearch)
{
foreach ($array as $key => $item) {
if ($key == $keySearch) {
echo 'yes, it exists';
return true;
} elseif (is_array($item) && findKey($item, $keySearch)) {
return true;
}
}
return false;
}