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

// assuming positive numbers

$highest_key;
$highest_value = 0;
foreach ($array as $key => $value) {
    if ($value > $highest_value) {
        $highest_key = $key;
    }
}

// $highest_key holds the highest value