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

asort() is the way to go:

$array = array("a"=>1,"b"=>2,"c"=>4,"d"=>5);
asort($array);
$highestValue       = end($array);
$keyForHighestValue = key($array);