If array contains a specific character, return all of the string php

Question

Let's say I have a php array like this:

$compare  = array("Testing", "Bar");
$my_array = array(
                "Foo=7654", "Bar=4.4829", "Testing=123" 
        );

So it's safe to say below:

$compare[0] = "Testing"

So I wanna check if $my_array contains $compare[0] (in above case, yes it does) And if it contains returns that value from $my_array which is Testing=123

How's that possible?

Why not make the array like this: $my_array = ['Foo' => '7654', 'Bar' => '4.4829', 'Testing' => '123']; because it would make finding the result very easy: echo $my_array['Testing']; — KIKO Software
– KIKO Software, Commented Jan 25, 2018 at 12:01
I agree, but $my_array is coming from an API so I cannot change the content — FreshPro
– FreshPro, Commented Jan 25, 2018 at 12:03
API's should NOT return data in such a format. You can convert it, like this: parse_str(implode('&',$my_array),$better_array); This might not work if the API puts weird things in the array, so be careful. — KIKO Software
– KIKO Software, Commented Jan 25, 2018 at 12:05
@FreshPro An api does not return a php array, you seem to have parsed the returned data already. So depending on what it looked like, you could improve there to make further processing easier. — jeroen
– jeroen, Commented Jan 25, 2018 at 12:12

Vladimir · Accepted Answer · 2018-01-25 12:06:42Z

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You may use foreach loop:

$result = array();
foreach ($compare as $comp) {
    foreach ($my_array as $my) {
        if (strpos($my, $comp) !== false) {
            $result[] = $comp;
        }
    }
}

in array $result is result of search

or by other way:

$result = array();
foreach ($compare as $comp) {
    foreach ($my_array as $my) {
        if ($comp = explode('=', $my)[0]) {
            $result[] = $comp;
        }
    }
}

edited Jan 25, 2018 at 12:06

answered Jan 25, 2018 at 12:03

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Mcsky Over a year ago

Double foreach is ugly, and the if condition is wrong

Nigel Ren · Accepted Answer · 2018-01-25 12:24:01Z

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To use a single loop...

$compare  = array("Testing", "Bar");
$my_array = array(
    "Foo=7654", "Bar=4.4829", "Testing=123"
);
$output = [];

foreach ( $my_array as $element )   {
    if ( in_array(explode('=', $element)[0], $compare)){
        $output[] = $element;
    }
}
print_r($output);

This just checks that the first part of the value (before the =) is in the $compare array.

answered Jan 25, 2018 at 12:24

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