PHP multidimensional array search by value

Question

I have an array where I want to search the uid and get the key of the array.

Examples

Assume we have the following 2-dimensional array:

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Answer 1

Looks array_filter will be suitable solution for this...

$userdb=Array
(
    (0) => Array
        (
            (uid) => '100',
            (name) => 'Sandra Shush',
            (url) => 'urlof100'
        ),

    (1) => Array
        (
            (uid) => '5465',
            (name) => 'Stefanie Mcmohn',
            (pic_square) => 'urlof100'
        ),

    (2) => Array
        (
            (uid) => '40489',
            (name) => 'Michael',
            (pic_square) => 'urlof40489'
        )
);

PHP Code

<?php 
$search = 5465;
$found = array_filter($userdb,function($v,$k) use ($search){
  return $v['uid'] == $search;
},ARRAY_FILTER_USE_BOTH) // With latest PHP third parameter is mandatory.. Available Values:- ARRAY_FILTER_USE_BOTH OR ARRAY_FILTER_USE_KEY  

$values= print_r(array_values($found));
$keys =  print_r(array_keys($found)); 

Answer 2

You can use array_column for that.

$user = array_search('5465', array_column($userdb, 'uid'));
print_r($userdb[$user]);

5465 is the user ID, uid is the key that contains user ID and $userdb is the array which is defined in the question.

Answer 3

In later versions of PHP (>= 5.5.0) you can use this one-liner:

$key = array_search('100', array_column($userdb, 'uid'));

Answer 4

If question i.e.

$a = [
     [
       "_id" => "5a96933414d48831a41901f2",
       "discount_amount" => 3.29,
       "discount_id" => "5a92656a14d488570c2c44a2",
     ],
     [
       "_id" => "5a9790fd14d48879cf16a9e8",
       "discount_amount" => 4.53,
       "discount_id" => "5a9265b914d488548513b122",
     ],
     [
       "_id" => "5a98083614d488191304b6c3",
       "discount_amount" => 15.24,
       "discount_id" => "5a92806a14d48858ff5c2ec3",
     ],
     [
       "_id" => "5a982a4914d48824721eafe3",
       "discount_amount" => 45.74,
       "discount_id" => "5a928ce414d488609e73b443",
     ],
    [
       "_id" => "5a982a4914d48824721eafe55",
       "discount_amount" => 10.26,
       "discount_id" => "5a928ce414d488609e73b443",
     ],
   ];

Ans:

function searchForId($id, $array) {
    $did=0;
    $dia=0;
   foreach ($array as $key => $val) {
       if ($val['discount_id'] === $id) {
           $dia +=$val['discount_amount'];
           $did++;
       }
   }
    if($dia != '') {
        echo $dia;
        var_dump($did);
    }
   return null;
};
print_r(searchForId('5a928ce414d488609e73b443',$a));

Answer 5

I modified one of examples below description function array_search. Function searchItemsByKey return all value(s) by $key from multidimensional array ( N levels). Perhaps , it would be useful for somebody. Example:

 $arr = array(
     'XXX'=>array(
               'YYY'=> array(
                    'AAA'=> array(
                          'keyN' =>'value1'
                   )
               ),
              'ZZZ'=> array(
                    'BBB'=> array(
                          'keyN' => 'value2'
                   )
               )
              //.....
           )
);


$result = searchItemsByKey($arr,'keyN');

print '<pre>';
print_r($result);
print '<pre>';
// OUTPUT
Array
(
  [0] => value1
  [1] => value2
)

Function code:

function searchItemsByKey($array, $key)
{
   $results = array();

  if (is_array($array))
  {
    if (isset($array[$key]) && key($array)==$key)
        $results[] = $array[$key];

    foreach ($array as $sub_array)
        $results = array_merge($results, searchItemsByKey($sub_array, $key));
  }

 return  $results;
}

Answer 6

my solution:

function searchArrayForField($array, $field, $value) {
    $i = 0;
    foreach ($array as &$row) {
        if ($row[$field] === $value) {
            return $i;
        }
        $i++
    }
    return '';
}