This looks simple, but I just can't get it. For example, I have an array:
$array = array("new phone","old bag","new laptop","old PC");
I want to get the elements that start with "new",
RESULT: The elements that starts with "new" are:
"new phone" and "new laptop".
...so I have array with string elements and I want to obtain those elements that contains a specific string, doesn't matter if it starts the word as: "new phone", it can be also "phonenew", "phnewone", "asdkodsanewasd", I just look for "new" in elements and if I find it, I print all elements that contain it.
Very bad code:(one of codes)
$array = array("new phone","old bag","new laptop","old PC");
$x="new";
foreach($array as $x)
{
echo $x;
}
doesn't matter if it starts the word as: "new phone", it can be also "phonenew", "phnewone", "asdkodsanewasd"
So you can merely use a pretty simple regex:
function select_from_array($searched_word) {
$selection = [];
foreach ($array as $string) {
if (preg_match('/' . $searched_word . '/', $string)) {
$selection[] = $string;
}
}
return $selection;
}