PHP Get Highest Value from Array

Question

I\'m trying to get hold of the largest value in an array, while still preserving the item labels. I know I can do this by running sort(), but if I do so I simply lose the la

Answer 1

Don't sort the array to get the largest value.

Get the max value:

$value = max($array);

Get the corresponding key:

$key = array_search($value, $array);