How can I find out if a substring exists in a string using PHP?

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I know many questions already asked about this problem, but I was not able to find the right answer for my specific problem.

I have a search string - "1|1"

I have a array containing following values - "a" => "1|1", "b" => "2|1,1|1", "c" => "3|2,2|1"

All I want to do is just to find if the search string existed in the array, it should return the array key. If more than one array item has the search string, it should return all of them.

In this example, I am expecting to get both "a" and "b", but when I use strpos(), it only gives me "a".

How can I solve this problem?

Edit**

This is my code

function array_search_i($str, $array)
{
    $returnArray = array();
    foreach ($array as $key => $value) {
        if (strpos($str, $value) !== false) {
            array_push($returnArray, $key);
        }
    }
    return $returnArray;
}

Peter Mortensen · Accepted Answer · 2011-06-20 20:41:36Z

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Watch out for the !== operator. We have to check for the type as well..

$searchArray = array('2|2','1|1,3|3','1|1');
$search = '1|1';
foreach ($searchArray as $k=> $value) {
    if (strpos($value,$search) !== false) {
        $keysWithMatches[] = $k;
    }
}

print_r($keysWithMatches);

edited Jun 20, 2011 at 20:41

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answered Jun 1, 2011 at 5:39

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srisar Over a year ago

Thanks a lot for GWW and Freddy K. I have made a mistake by using wrong parameter order in strpos.

Shakti Singh · Accepted Answer · 2011-06-01 05:42:20Z

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Simply use preg_grep.

print_r(preg_grep("/1\|1/", $array));

answered Jun 1, 2011 at 5:42

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GWW · Accepted Answer · 2011-06-01 05:32:24Z

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$keys = array();
foreach($a as $k=>$v){
    if(strpos($v,'1|1') !== false) $keys[] = $k;
}

answered Jun 1, 2011 at 5:32

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srisar Over a year ago

I did exactly lie this, but im only getting "a", not "b"

GWW Over a year ago

Oh sorry I had a type it should be strpos($v,'1|1')

FilmJ · Accepted Answer · 2011-06-01 05:41:01Z

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strpos will only "Find position of first occurrence of a string ".

Look at array_keys. I think this will be closer to what you want. Alternatively, if it's not able to do "partial matching" which is what you probably need, you may have to use array_map or array_filter.

answered Jun 1, 2011 at 5:41

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Mindaugas · Accepted Answer · 2011-06-01 05:55:34Z

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Here you go:

<?php
    $array = Array("a" => "1|1", "b" => "2|1,1|1","c" => "3|1,2|1","d" => Array("a1" => "1|1"));
    array_walk($array,"find");

    function find($value, $key) {
        if (!is_array($value)) {
            if (preg_match("/\b1\|1\b/i",$value)) {
            echo $key .'<br />';
            }
        }
        else {
            array_walk($value,"find");
        }
    }
?>

By this example you will get:

a
b
a1

answered Jun 1, 2011 at 5:55

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Rakesh Sankar · Accepted Answer · 2011-06-01 06:22:25Z

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You can use array_keys with search_value parameter to search for all values in an array.

This example will get keys of all matching exact values:

<?php
$searchArray = array('2|2','1|1','1|1');
$search = '1|1';
print_r(array_keys($searchArray, $search));
?>

(OR)

This example will get the key of all the partial-values

<?php
foreach($array as $key => $val) {
   if(strpos($val,'green') !== false) {
      $resKeys[] = $key;
   }
}

print_r($resKeys);
?>

answered Jun 1, 2011 at 6:22

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Community · Accepted Answer · 2023-11-21 15:10:29Z

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The simplest way I can think of is using the PHP native function array_key().

Here is how it works:

$array = array("a" => "1|1", "b" => "2|1,1|1", "c" => "3|2,2|1");

$result = array_keys($array,'1|1');

print_r($result);
// 'a' => '1|1'

UPDATE:

print_r($array[$result[0]]); // Makes more sense.
                             // '1|1'

edited Nov 21, 2023 at 15:10

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answered Jun 1, 2011 at 5:48

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Community · Accepted Answer · 2023-11-20 22:45:59Z

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array_filter() is what you need. Try the following code.

$array = array("a"=>array("1|1"), "b"=>array("2|1","1|1"), "c"=>array("1|2"));
var_dump(array_keys(array_filter($array, function ($elem) { return in_array('1|1', $elem); } )));

###OUTPUT

array(2) {
  [0]=>
  string(1) "a"
  [1]=>
  string(1) "b"
}

edited Nov 20, 2023 at 22:45

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