Check if associative array contains value, and retrieve key / position in array

Question

I\'m struggling to explain what I want to do here so apologies if I confuse you.. I\'m just as confused myself

I have an array like so:

$foo         


        

Answer 1

For PHP >= 5.5.0 it is easier with array_column:

echo array_column($foo, 'text', 'value')[7899];

Or to be repeatable without using array_column each time:

$bar = array_column($foo, 'text', 'value');
echo isset($bar[7899]) ? $bar[7899] : 'NOT FOUND!';