Rather simple question.. array_search() or other!!

[Zugzwangle]

I have the below array, $withoutBreaks:

Array ( [0] => [Event 90m + 5s, rated 
[1] => [site Room 1 
[2] => [Date 2010.06.18 
[3] => [Round ? 
[4] => [White Zugzwang1 
[5] => [black Jeff Morris 
[6] => [Result 1-0 
[7] => [WhiteElo 1543 
[8] => [blackElo 1537 
[9] => [PlyCount 5 
[10] => [EventDate 2010.06.18 
[11] => 1. d4 {3} c6 {2} 2. Nc3 {2} d5 {1} 3. Nf3 {4 Jeff Morris resigns (Lag: Av=0. 22s, max=0.3s)} 1-0 ) 

 

This array is made by a form.  The elements may differ in both number and in order, for example [blackElo may be element [3] rather than [6].  One constant, is the '[' followed by the immediate word i.e. [Event.

What I would like to happen, is to use array_search() to find which element the data is held in.

My code:

$datePart = array_search("[Date ", $withoutBreaks);
echo ($datePart);

Output:

None!!!

What am I doing wrong?

 

[Alex]

In your array it's [EventDate 2010.06.18 not [Date 2010.06.18

 

Edit: Since you modified your post it leads me to believe you want something more like this:

 

foreach($withoutBreaks as $key => $val) {
if(substr($val, 0, 11) == '[EventDate ') {
	echo "Key: $key<br />\n";
	break;
}
}

[Psycho]

It looks like the values in the array actually contain a name and the actual valule. So, Building upon AlexWD's post, here is a function you could use. Just pass the function the "name" you are looking for and it will return the value:

 

function getValue($array, $name)
{
    foreach($array as $key => $value)
    {
        if(substr($value, 1, strlen($name))==$name)
        {
            return substr($value, strlen($name)+2);
        }
    }
    //No match found
    return false;
}

//Usage
echo getValue($withoutBreaks, 'EventDate');
//Ouput: 2010.06.18

 

Edit: Now that I think of it, it might be better to just create a function to conver the array to where the names are the keys and the values are the actual values:

Array (
    ['Event'] => 90m + 5s, rated
    ['Site Room'] => 1
    ['Date'] => 2010.06.18
    ['Round'] => ?
...

[Alex]

Edit: Now that I think of it, it might be better to just create a function to conver the array to where the names are the keys and the values are the actual values:

Array (
    ['Event'] => 90m + 5s, rated
    ['Site Room'] => 1
    ['Date'] => 2010.06.18
    ['Round'] => ?
...

 

And to do something like that this should work:

 

$new = array();
foreach($withoutBreaks as $val) {
$parts = explode(' ', $val);
$new[substr(array_shift($parts), 1)] = implode(' ', $parts);
}

 

I made the assumption that the first word is the name and the rest is the value. Wasn't completely sure if it should be like 'Site Room' => 1 or 'Site' => 'Room 1', this code should do the latter.