efficient way to search object in an array by a property

Question

well, having something like:

$array[0]->id = \'one\';
$array[0]->color = \'white\';
$array[1]->id = \'two\';
$array[1]->color = \'red\';
$array[2         


        

Answer 1

Here is what I use. Reusable functions that loop through an array of objects. The second one allows you to retrieve a single object directly out of all matches (the first one to match criteria).

function get_objects_where($match, $objects) {
    if ($match == '' || !is_array($match)) return array ();
    $wanted_objects = array ();
    foreach ($objects as $object) {
        $wanted = false;
        foreach ($match as $k => $v) {
            if (is_object($object) && isset($object->$k) && $object->$k == $v) {
                $wanted = true;
            } else {
                $wanted = false;
                break;
            };
        };
        if ($wanted) $wanted_objects[] = $object;
    };
    return $wanted_objects;
};

function get_object_where($match, $objects) {
    if ($match == '' || !is_array($match)) return (object) array ();
    $wanted_objects = get_objects_where($match, $objects);
    return count($wanted_objects) > 0 ? $wanted_objects[0] : (object) array ();
};