note 119581 added to function.max

The simplest way to get around the fact that max() won't give the key is array_search: <?php $student_grades = array ("john" => 100, "sarah" => 90, "anne" => 100); $top_student = array_search(max($student_grades),$student_grades); // john ?> This could also be done with array_flip, though overwriting will mean that it gets the last max value rather than the first: <?php $grades_index = array_flip($student_grades); $top_student = $grades_index[max($student_grades)]; // anne ?> To get all the max value keys: <?php $top_students = array_keys($student_grades,max($student_grades)); // john, anne ?> ---- Server IP: 72.52.91.14 Probable Submitter: 92.30.246.220 ---- Manual Page -- http://php.net/manual/en/function.max.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/119581 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/119581/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/119581/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/119581/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/119581/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/119581/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/119581/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/119581 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/119581 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php