note 94748 added to function.array-keys

From: Date: Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:43:55 +0000
Subject: note 94748 added to function.array-keys
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function array_keys_md($array, $md_field = "id") { $keys = array(); if (is_array($array) && count($array) > 0) { foreach ($array as $a) { if (isset($a[$md_field])) { array_push($keys, $a[$md_field]); } else { return false; } } return $keys; } return false; } In the past i often needed the particular fields which are actually are right ids... for example two dimensional assoc array returned by databases... function array_keys_md($array, $md_field = "id") { $keys = array(); if (is_array($array) && count($array) > 0) { foreach ($array as $a) { if (isset($a[$md_field])) { array_push($keys, $a[$md_field]); } else { return false; } } return $keys; } return false; } an input array could be: $array = array( 0 -> array( "id" = 6, "animal" = "cat" ), 1 -> array( "id" = 9, "animal" = "dog" ) ); $id_keys = array_keys_md($array, "id"); // 6, 9 $animals_as_key = array_keys_md($array, "animal"); //"cat", "dog" ---- Server IP: 212.124.37.9 Probable Submitter: 85.16.24.110 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.array-keys.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/94748 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/94748/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/94748/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/94748/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/94748/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/94748/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/94748/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/94748 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/94748 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php

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