note 113156 added to function.array-search

Here example if you need to search in multidimensional array for specific value but the return value is another value from arry this use when get rows from table in DB and you need to search in it <?php function get_value_from_array($needle, $arr, $key_of_search, $name_of_key_to_return_value) { if (is_array($arr)) { for($i=0; $i<sizeof($arr); $i++) { $row = $arr[$i]; if($row[$key_in_arr] === $needle ) return $row[$name_of_key_to_return_value]; } } return false; } ?> Testing : I want to get last name of kasem Array ( [0] => Array ( [id] => 1 [first_name] => 'Ahmad' [last_name] => 'Mohammad' ) [0] => Array ( [id] => 2 [first_name] => 'Kasem' [last_name] => 'Maged' ) ) get_value_from_array('Kasem', $arr, 'first_name', 'last_name') The result is : Maged ---- Server IP: 69.147.83.199 Probable Submitter: 5.57.6.10 (proxied: 78.108.164.227) ---- Manual Page -- http://php.net/manual/en/function.array-search.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/113156 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/113156/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/113156/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/113156/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/113156/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/113156/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/113156/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/113156 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/113156 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php