Re: "searching" arrays

> is there also a way to search for, let's say '*china*' because in my array > it would say "Republic of China" and when searching for "china" I get no > result from the array... You'd have to walk through the array and use strstr or ereg for that. You could maybe use PHP's array_walk function, but that might be a bit tricky for a beginner, unless you've programmed before... function my_array_search($needle, $haystack){ # Go ahead and use the built-in one, in case it's a perfect match: $result = array_search($needle, $haystack); reset($haystack); while (!($result === FALSE) && (list($k, $v) = each($haystack)){ # Or maybe you wanted ereg($needle, $v) here... $result = ereg($v, $needle) ? $k : FALSE; } return $result; } -- WARNING richard@zend.com address is an endangered species -- Use ceo@l-i-e.com Wanna help me out? Like Music? Buy a CD: http://l-i-e.com/artists.htm Volunteer a little time: http://chatmusic.com/volunteer.htm