Php Array of arrays get id from name

Question

I have an array like the following in PHP:

$my_array = array();
$my_array[] = array("id"=>"myid1", "name"=>"myname1");
$my_array[] = array("id"=>"otherid", "name"=>"othername");
$my_array[] = array("id"=>"morestuffid", "name"=>"morestuffname");

Having a "name" like "othername", is it possible to retrieve the respective "id" from $my_array without a for loop?

do you want to retrieve the id only for othername or for the respective ids for all the names in the array? — workthat
– workthat, Commented May 9, 2016 at 4:00
I want to retrieve the id for the respective name. Note: There are no repeated elements. — kekit
– kekit, Commented May 9, 2016 at 4:05
@kekit, you can do that using foreach and break. So why do you want to avoid using the loop? — Ruslan Osmanov
– Ruslan Osmanov, Commented May 9, 2016 at 4:06

Jack jdeoel · Accepted Answer · 2016-05-09 04:03:50Z

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you can get your array column name by array_column method.Then find you want string by array_search its will return the index of array.

$index = array_search("othername",array_column($my_array,"name"));
var_dump($my_array[$index]["id"]);

answered May 9, 2016 at 4:03

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kekit Over a year ago

Thank you. Much more elegant than a for loop. That's what I was looking for. Kudos.

Ruslan Osmanov Over a year ago

@kekit, I doubt you'll find it elegant when you'll look at your code after a couple of months. This code is also inefficient, as takes at least 2 loops.

Ruslan Osmanov Over a year ago

@kekit, also, array_column generates an extra array

kekit Over a year ago

Maybe you're right. However, I tested both approaches and checked the time in miliseconds, in php7 and the results are really similar, something like 1,...xE^-5 ... sometimes a method is faster, sometimes it is the other, but found no hegemony or significant difference. I'm always open to brainstorming... :)

Homayoon Ahmadi Over a year ago

You saved my life!

Brijal Savaliya · Accepted Answer · 2016-05-09 04:23:47Z

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Please use

$id = array_filter( 
        array_map(
            function($array) {
                if($array['name']== 'othername'){
                    return $array['id']; 
                }
            },$my_array
        )
    ); 
print "<pre>";print_r($id);

answered May 9, 2016 at 4:23

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