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

Not tested but something like this

   function arraySelect($arr,$brand){
        $selection=[];
        foreach($arr as $a){
                if($a["brand"]=$brand{
                        array_push($selection,$a);
                }
        }
        return $selection;
}

Answer 2

Use your brands as array keys instead of using numeric array indexes.

Something like this

$cars = [
  'bmw' => ['place_1' => 'Munich', 'place_2' => 'Cologne'],
  'vw' => ['brand' => 'vw', 'place_1' => 'Berlin', 'place_2' => 'Kopenhagen'],
  'hyndai' => ['brand' => 'hyndai', 'place_1' => 'Miami', 'place_2' => 'Newyork'],
];

Then you can access the variables like you want to: $cars['bmw']['place_1']

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P.S : "hyndai" is probably a typo - it's spelled Hyundai

Answer 3

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