php array find key by value code example

Example 1: php all keys in array

<?php
$array = array(
    'fruit1' => 'apple',
    'fruit2' => 'orange',
    'fruit3' => 'grape',
    'fruit4' => 'apple',
    'fruit5' => 'apple');

$keys = array_keys($array);		// return array
$values = array_values($array);	// return array
?>

Example 2: get key by value array php

<?php
$array = array(0 => 'blue', 1 => 'red', 2 => 'green', 3 => 'red');

$key = array_search('green', $array); // $key = 2;
$key = array_search('red', $array);   // $key = 1;
?>

Example 3: array search by key in php

$arr = array(
    "one" => 1,
    "two" => 2,
    "three" => 3,
    "seventeen" => 17
);
function find($mot){
  
  global $arr; // this is global variable
  $ok=false;
 foreach ($arr as $k => $v) 
    {
      if($k==$mot){
        return $v; $ok=true; // or return true;
      }
    }
  if(ok==false){ return -1; }  // or return false;
}

//call function
echo find("two");

Example 4: how to lookup value inside object php

$array = [
    'clothes' => 't-shirt',
    'size'    => 'medium',
    'color'   => 'blue',
];
 
extract($array);
 
echo("$clothes $size $color"); // t-shirt medium blue