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

If you just want the largest value in the array use the max function. This will return the largest value, although not the corresponding key. It does not change the original array.

If you care about the the key you could then do

$key = array_search(max($array), $array)

(Edited to include @binaryLV's suggestion)