Get index of element in an array by the value

Question

I have this array in PHP:

array(
    [0] => array( \'username\' => \'user1\' )
    [1] => array( \'username\' => \'user2\' )
)

Answer 1

Perhaps using array_filter and array_keys together will help.

Class Based Approach.

array('username'=>'user1'), "3"=>array('username'=>'user2'));

$matches = ArraySearch2d::filter($array, 'username', 'user2');
var_dump($matches);

$indexs = array_keys($matches);
var_dump($indexs);

// Demonstrating quick answer:
echo "Key for first 'username'=>'user1' element is: "
     .ArraySearch2d::getIndex($array, 'username', 'user1')."\n";

Produces:

array(1) {
  [3]=>
  array(1) {
    ["username"]=>
    string(5) "user2"
  }
}
array(1) {
  [0]=>
  int(3)
}
Key for first 'username'=>'user1' element is: 1

Without using classes - this produces the same result:

array('username'=>'user1'), "3"=>array('username'=>'user2'));

$matches = array_filter($array, 'usernameMatch');
var_dump($matches);

$indexs = array_keys($matches);
var_dump($indexs);


// Demonstrating quick answer - and why you should probably use the class- 
// you don't want to have to remember these "globals" all the time.
$field = 'username';
$value = 'user1';

echo "Key for first 'username'=>'user1' element is: "
     .getFirstIndex(array_filter($array, 'usernameMatch'));