I have an array where each element has a subarray with multiple Ids. When looping through the array, I'd like to check if the subarray has any elements besides a given one.
For example, I'd like to echo 'Yes' whenever one of the subarrays has any ids other than 'TESTID'.
I can do this by looping through the subarray, but I'd like to know of a way that doesn't require double loops.
Here's the current code:
foreach ($elements as $element) {
...
if (besidesInArray('TESTID',$element['ids'])) {
//operations
} else {
//element only has 'TESTID'
}
...
}
...
function besidesInArray($needle, $haystack) {
foreach ($haystack as $hay) {
if($hay != $needle) {
return TRUE;
}
}
return FALSE;
}
While this code works, I'd like to see if there's a more elegant solution.
You can use in_array()
function to achieve this
foreach($array as $key => $subarray)
{
if(in_array("TESTID", $subarray))
{
//found
} else {
//not found
}
}
preg_grep
for TESTID
but invert the grep so that it returns entries NOT matching.
foreach($array as $subarray) {
if(preg_grep("/TESTID/", $subarray, PREG_GREP_INVERT)) {
echo 'Yes'; //others found
}
}
TESTID
could be a var instead. Man I love some preg_grep
!
find = implode(')|(',$mypatternarray);
find.="(".find.")";
foreach($subarray as $subar){
if(preg_match("find",$subar)>0)){
echo "id found";
}
}