php index of item
Solution 1
Try the array_search function.
From the first example in the manual:
<?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; ?>
A word of caution
When comparing the result, make sure to test explicitly for the value false
using the ===
operator.
Because arrays in PHP are 0-based, if the element you're searching for is the first element in the array, a value of 0 will be returned.
While 0 is a valid result, it's also a falsy value, meaning the following will fail:
<?php
$array = array(0 => 'blue', 1 => 'red', 2 => 'green', 3 => 'red');
$key = array_search('blue',$array);
if($key == false) {
throw new Exception('Element not found');
}
?>
This is because the ==
operator checks for equality (by type-juggling), while the ===
operator checks for identity.
Solution 2
have in mind that, if you think that your search item can be found more than once, you should use array_keys() because it will return keys for all matching values, not only the first matching key as array_search().
Regards.
mcgrailm
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Updated on July 30, 2020Comments
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mcgrailm almost 4 years
I have an array that looks like this:
$fruit = array('apple','orange','grape');
How can I find the index of a specific item, in the above array? (For example, the value 'orange')
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mcgrailm about 13 yearsReturn Values Returns TRUE if needle is found in the array, FALSE otherwise.
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mcgrailm about 13 yearsI think doing the if(in_array(. bit should protect me from the problme you noted after "be careful"
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Dmitry Gamolin almost 7 yearsThere's a small error in the code, the array is not specified. It should be
array_search('blue', $array)
.