PHP - Searching an array of objects [duplicate]

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I have an array of objects from class Volume. I am looking for the best way to return the _description property given an _id value (accessor method is get_description).

In the below example, I would provide "vol-e123456a3" and it would return "server E: volume".

 [0] => Volume Object
        (
            [_snapshot_count:protected] => 16
            [_id:protected] => vol-e123456a3
            [_description:protected] => server E: volume
            [_region:protected] => us-east-1
            [_date_created:protected] => DateTime Object
                (
                    [date] => 2013-04-06 10:29:41
                    [timezone_type] => 2
                    [timezone] => Z
                )

            [_size:protected] => 100
            [_state:protected] => in-use
        )

What do you mean by the best way, Are you trying something? — Rohan Kumar
– Rohan Kumar, Commented Sep 5, 2013 at 4:31
Take a look at this posting: stackoverflow.com/questions/4742903/… — Robbert
– Robbert, Commented Sep 5, 2013 at 4:31

Rohan Kumar · Accepted Answer · 2013-09-05 04:34:20Z

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Try this,

$_id="vol-e123456a3";
foreach($objArray as $obj)
{
    if($obj->_id==$_id)
    {
       return isset($obj->_description) ? $obj->_description : "";
    }
}

answered Sep 5, 2013 at 4:34

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DevZer0 · Accepted Answer · 2013-09-05 04:49:18Z

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you can use the following function; the data members are marked protected so in order to access them from public side you will have to use accesor methods, which you have not specified. i have placed a guess with the most common possible accesor name.

function getValue($object_array, $filter) {
    foreach ($object_array as $object) 
       if ($object->getId() == $filter) return $object->getDescription();
    return false;
}

call it with the following params

$description = getValue($objects, 'vol-e123456a3');

if there are no public accessor methods we will need to use reflection. as follows

function getValue($object_array, $filter) {
    foreach ($object_array as $object)  {
        $class = new ReflectionClass($object);
        $prop = $class->getProperty('_id')->getValue($object);
       if ($prop == $filter) return $class->getProperty('_description')->getValue($object)
    }
    return false;
}

edited Sep 5, 2013 at 4:49

answered Sep 5, 2013 at 4:37

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Rohan Kumar Over a year ago

I'm not looking any getId() and getDescription().

Rohan Kumar Over a year ago

You have specified but you should specify the name of methods too

DevZer0 Over a year ago

@RohanKumar i've updated my answer to be more complete

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