Search within an array

Question

I have an array where I want to search if there is certain information.

In case it exists I want to save all the data in variables

I am trying to do it with in_array but I can't find the information.The search I need to do with coords. If it exists "60:58" in array I save the 3 values in variables.

How could I get it? Thanks a lot of!!

array(5) {
  [0]=>
  object(stdClass)#3 (3) {
    ["coords"]=>
    string(5) "60:58"
    ["city"]=>
    string(5) "spain"
    ["name"]=>
    string(11) "player"
  }
  [1]=>
  object(stdClass)#4 (3) {
    ["coords"]=>
    string(5) "60:59"
    ["city"]=>
    string(5) "spain"
    ["name"]=>
    string(11) "player"
 }
}

Answer 1

<?php

$a = [];

$a[] = (object)[
    'coords' => '60:58'
];

$a[] = (object)[
    'coords' => '13:37'
];


$index = array_search('60:58', array_column($a, 'coords'));

if($index === false) {
    // not found
} else {
    $var = $a[$index];
    var_dump($var);
}

Answer 2

You can filter out everything that does not meet your criteria. Then you either have an empty array or one or more objects matching the criteria. I use reset to get the first if there are more than one:

$find = '60:58';
$result = reset(array_filter($array, function($v) use($find) { return $v->coords == $find; }));

If there is only one or you only require one, then you can index on coords . If not found then this will generate a notice so check if it exist (this requires PHP >= 7 since we are using objects):

$result = array_column($array, null, 'coords')[$find];

Answer 3

you have to loop over the array of objects and check if coords match with the value you want