php + return value of an index code example

Example 1: get key of array element php

$people = array(
  2 => array(
    'name' => 'John',
    'fav_color' => 'green'
  ),
  5=> array(
    'name' => 'Samuel',
    'fav_color' => 'blue'
  ));
$found_key = array_search('blue', array_column($people, 'fav_color'));

Example 2: array_search

// array demo

public $gender = array(
  1 => 'Male',
  2 => 'Female',
  3 => 'Other',
);

$gen = 1;

if ($gen == array_search('Male', $this->gender)) {
  $gender = __d('member', 'male');

} elseif ($gen  == array_search('Female', $this->gender)) {
  $gender = __d('member', 'female');

}