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array_filter on multidimensional array in PHP

Hi experts,

I have a twodimensional array like so:

[widgetA][green][10.99]
[widgetB][black][11.99]
[widgetC][green][12.99]
[widgetD][black][13.99]
[widgetE][black][14.99]

The array uses numeric indexes, so

$myarray[3][2] would be "13.99" and $myarray[0][1] would be "green".

Now I want to use array_filter to only get the 2nd dimension arrays which are "black".
[widgetB][black][11.99]
[widgetD][black][13.99]
[widgetE][black][14.99]

So what I need to do is check whether $myarray[x][1] == "black". And then check the whole array.

I can't wrap my head around the callback function for the array_filter... How do I check the array?

Thanks, Chris

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Lupi05

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HuyBD, that's working, sweet, thanks a lot... Just one quick follow up question...

function filt($match)
{
if($match[1]=="black")
return true;
else
return false;
}
$ret=array_filter($my_array_thats_pulled_from_database,"filt");
print_r($ret);

In fact, what I didn't mention in my question is that the array contain strings like

[widgetA][this is a green house][10.99]
[widgetB][black cars are cool][11.99]
[widgetC][green ipods rock][12.99]

I still want to check for "black"... What's the easiest way to do this?

PHP functions to check strings? Or is there something for PHP as there is for SQL, where I could use something like "LIKE %black%"?

Thanks so much for your help. Cheers, Chris

HuyBD

you can try with stristr function to check

if(stristr($match[1],"black"))

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HuyBD

e.g

function filt($match)
{
if(stristr($match[1],"black"))
        return true;
else
        return false;
}
$arr=array();
$arr[]=array("widgetA","green","10.99");
$arr[]=array("widgetB","black","11.99");
$ret=array_filter($arr,"filt");
print_r($ret);

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Lupi05

ASKER

Perfect, thank you!