php-doc-en/reference/array/functions/array-search.xml
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
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<refentry xml:id="function.array-search" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
<refnamediv>
<refname>array_search</refname>
<refpurpose>Searches the array for a given value and returns the first corresponding key if successful</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsect1 role="description">
&reftitle.description;
<methodsynopsis>
<type class="union"><type>int</type><type>string</type><type>false</type></type><methodname>array_search</methodname>
<methodparam><type>mixed</type><parameter>needle</parameter></methodparam>
<methodparam><type>array</type><parameter>haystack</parameter></methodparam>
<methodparam choice="opt"><type>bool</type><parameter>strict</parameter><initializer>&false;</initializer></methodparam>
</methodsynopsis>
<para>
Searches for <parameter>needle</parameter> in <parameter>haystack</parameter>.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="parameters">
&reftitle.parameters;
<para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>needle</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<para>
The searched value.
</para>
<note>
<para>
If <parameter>needle</parameter> is a string, the comparison is done
in a case-sensitive manner.
</para>
</note>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>haystack</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<para>
The array.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>strict</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<para>
If the third parameter <parameter>strict</parameter> is set to &true;
then the <function>array_search</function> function will search for
<emphasis>identical</emphasis> elements in the
<parameter>haystack</parameter>. This means it will also perform a
<link linkend="language.types">strict type comparison</link> of the
<parameter>needle</parameter> in the <parameter>haystack</parameter>,
and objects must be the same instance.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="returnvalues">
&reftitle.returnvalues;
<para>
Returns the key for <parameter>needle</parameter> if it is found in the
array, &false; otherwise.
</para>
<para>
If <parameter>needle</parameter> is found in <parameter>haystack</parameter>
more than once, the first matching key is returned. To return the keys for
all matching values, use <function>array_keys</function> with the optional
<parameter>search_value</parameter> parameter instead.
</para>
&return.falseproblem;
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="examples">
&reftitle.examples;
<para>
<example>
<title><function>array_search</function> example</title>
<programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
$array = array(0 => 'blue', 1 => 'red', 2 => 'green', 3 => 'red');
$key = array_search('green', $array); // $key = 2;
$key = array_search('red', $array); // $key = 1;
?>
]]>
</programlisting>
</example>
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="seealso">
&reftitle.seealso;
<para>
<simplelist>
<member><function>array_keys</function></member>
<member><function>array_values</function></member>
<member><function>array_key_exists</function></member>
<member><function>in_array</function></member>
</simplelist>
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>
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