PHP Array Search

Array Search

array search is a very useful function that helps you find the key of a value you’re looking for.

array_search($needle,$array,$strict);

It takes 3 arguments

Needle is what you’re looking for.

Array is the array in which you want to find the needle

Strict if you set it to true it will find the values that have the same type otherwise type is not important

If it can’t find what you’re looking for it will return false

This is my original Array:

$array = ['pratham','amir','1',1];

Let’s see some examples for array search:

array_search('simon',$array);
// false

array_search('amir',$array);
//1

array_search('1',$array);
// 2

array_search(1,$array);
// 2

array_search(1,$array,true);
// 3

Conclusion

Now you know about array search function in PHP.

I recommend you to open a PHP files and try to define an array. then try to search the values inside it and see the result.

If you have any suggestions, questions, or opinions, please contact me. I’m looking forward to hearing from you!

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