Search in array, like select?

Question

My array with countries is:

$cars = array(
    [\'brand\' => \'bmw\', \'place_1\' => \'Munich\', \'place_2\' => \'Cologne\'],
    [\'brand\' => \'vw\         


        

Answer 1

If you don't have opportunity to rebuild your array as @Daniel suggested, then you have to iterate over it, something like this:

$brand_to_find = 'bmw';
$key_to_select = 'place_2';

foreach ($cars as $car) {
    if ($car['brand'] == $brand_to_find) {
        echo $car[$key_to_select];

        // if you're sure that will be no
        // more `bmw` in your array - break
        break;
    }
}

All wrapped in a function:

function findPlaceByBrand($cars, $brand_to_find, $key_to_select) 
{
    $result = '';

    foreach ($cars as $car) {
        if ($car['brand'] == $brand_to_find) {
            $result = $car[$key_to_select];

            // if you're sure that will be no
            // more `bmw` in your array - break
            break;
        }
    }

    return $result;
}

echo findPlaceByBrand($cars, 'bmw', 'place_2');   // Cologne
echo findPlaceByBrand($cars, 'vw', 'place_1');    // Berlin
echo findPlaceByBrand($cars, 'honda', 'place_1'); // empty string