<?php
$array = array(0 => 'blue', 1 => 'red', 2 => 'green', 3 => 'red');
$key = array_search('green', $array); // $key = 2;
$key = array_search('red', $array); // $key = 1;
?>
// Search a partial string matching in array elements
function array_search_partial($arr, $keyword) {
foreach($arr as $index => $string) {
if (strpos($string, $keyword) !== FALSE)
return $index;
}
}
function searchForId($id, $array) {
foreach ($array as $key => $val) {
if ($val['uid'] === $id) {
return $key;
}
}
return null;
}