note 78849 deleted from function.max by danbrown

Note Submitter: mick at wireframe dot com ---- There are a couple of things you can do for cleaner code if you want the keys returned from the array. I am not sure how they each impact performance, but the visual readability is more beneficial for me -- your mileage may vary. In the first example keys and max value is returned: <?php // First, let's pretend we have an array like this: $Some_Array = array( 'john' => 40, 'susan' => 40, 'jane' => 24, 'michael' => 19, 'jimmy' => 38 ); function max_extract($My_Array) { $Max_Value = max($My_Array); return array_fill_keys(array_keys($My_Array, $Max_Value), $Max_Value); } // ! max_extract() ?> Or, if you are only interested in the keys and don't care what the max is: <?php function max_extract($My_Array) { return array_keys($My_Array, max($My_Array)); // You can also array_flip() this is you want them as keys // or if some other reason makes this relevant/needed. } // ! max_extract() ?> There are many possible variations when using the search parameter of array_keys() along with other array functions.