Filter through an array of Objects in PHP

Question

I have an array of objects when is being pulled in from a database and would like to return each object where the 'status' field is equal to 'No Answer':

array (size=21)
0 => 
  object(Customer)[4]
  public 'id' => string '12345' (length=6)
  public 'date' => string '2014-02-16' (length=10)
  public 'first_name' => string 'Jane' (length=5)
  public 'last_name' => string 'Doe' (length=4)
  public 'email' => string '[email protected]' (length=21)
  public 'phone' => string '01782111444' (length=11)
  public 'status' => string 'No Answer' (length=14)
1 => 
object(Customer)[5]
  public 'id' => string '12346' (length=6)
  public 'date' => string '2014-02-19' (length=10)
  public 'first_name' => string 'John' (length=4)
  public 'last_name' => string 'Smith' (length=9)
  public 'email' => string '[email protected]' (length=24)
  public 'phone' => string '01606555666' (length=11)
  public 'status' => string 'Left Message' (length=12)

It seems like I would need to use array_filter() but cant seem to get it to work

array_filter() seems right to me. Can you show us the invocation you've been trying? — erik258
– erik258, Commented Mar 10, 2014 at 19:10
Is this not a criterion you could add to a database query? How is it stored/accessed? — Wiseguy
– Wiseguy, Commented Mar 10, 2014 at 19:11
I want to display different status' separated by tabs so rather than keep going back to the database with 5/6 variations of the same query I thought it would be better to select all then filter the array? — User787665
– User787665, Commented Mar 10, 2014 at 19:23

Community · Accepted Answer · 2023-11-17 20:38:18Z

2

Like @Wiseguy commented, you should be doing this in your query, not the code.

See array_filter():

array_filter($array, function($i) {
  if(strtolower($i->status) == 'no answer') { return true; }
  else { return false; }
});

edited Nov 17, 2023 at 20:38

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answered Mar 10, 2014 at 19:16

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User787665 Over a year ago

Works perfect, thanks. Is it not better to filter an array of results then, than make multiple calls to the database?

Sammitch Over a year ago

@user1105056 Your question implies that you're throwing away the results that are filtered out. If you're making use of them elsewhere, then feel free to ignore the suggestions.

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