On 27 February 2007 04:23, Gerry D wrote:
> I have a question on how to retrieve the value that corresponds to a
> key in an array.
>
> $fruit = array('a' => 'apple', 'b' => 'banana', 'c' => 'cranberry');
>
> $key = array_search($c, $fruit);
> if ( $key === FALSE )
> $n = $c;
> else
> {
> $n = $fruit[$key]; // how to get the value???
> }
>
> the array_search works ok, but how do I get the value?
>
> all I get back is 'a' or 'b', not 'apple' or 'banana'...
Please show a little more code, as it looks to me as though this should work how you think it should.
Specifically: how do we know what is in $c? how do you know the array_search works? how do you know $n is only getting 'a', 'b', or 'c'? (Hint: var_dump() is your friend!)
Cheers!
Mike
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