partial search in multidimensional array

Question

Hi i have an array like below. I want to search partial data from this array. for example: i want to search "New Delhi" then i got array where city = Delhi, and search "Raigad" then got array where city = Raigarh

Array(
    [56] => Array
        (
            [city] => Davangere
            [product_id] => 14
            [tier] => Tier 4
        )

    [57] => Array
        (
            [city] => Dehradun
            [product_id] => 14
            [tier] => Tier 3
        )

    [58] => Array
        (
            [city] => Delhi
            [product_id] => 14
            [tier] => Metro
        )

    [59] => Array
        (
            [city] => Delhi
            [product_id] => 14
            [tier] => Metro
        )
    [60] => Array
        (
            [city] => Raigarh
            [product_id] => 14
            [tier] => Metro
        )
)

ata · Accepted Answer · 2018-02-23 13:03:40Z

3

Make use of similar_text to attain this -

$finalArray = array();
$searchString = "New Delhi";

//Loop through your array
foreach ($your_array as $key => $value) {
  similar_text($searchString, $value['city'], $percentageSimilarity);
  //if percentage similarity between the text is above 70%, add to to our final array
  if ($percentageSimilarity > 70) {
    $finalArray[$key] = $value;
  }
}

var_dump($finalArray);

Works for Delhi and Raigarh.

edited Feb 23, 2018 at 13:03

ata

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answered Feb 23, 2018 at 11:35

jitendrapurohit

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3 Comments

Andreas Over a year ago

Didn't know this existed. But isn't it supposed to be $finalArray[$key] = $value;?

Syscall Over a year ago

Better than using soundex() or metaphone() in this case.

codex Over a year ago

yes this is okey, but not works for Raipur and Raigarh, and similar city names

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