choose a value in array

[asmith]

$a = array ("aaa","abc","ddd","aaad,"ggfrd",aaer");

 

i can find values in that array start with "aa"  , with pregmatch and in_array functions.

i want to put the value that starts with "aa" in a variable . how can i achive that ?

(assuming i don't know the whole of array . i just know there are values starts with "aa" , but don't know the entire value)

[PHP_PhREEEk]

Did you read up on preg_match? It will store a match in a variable for you, ready to use. If you want to find all instances, use preg_match_all.

 

PhREEEk

[rajivgonsalves]

consider the following code hopefully it should do for your needs

 

<?php
$a = array ("aaa","abc","ddd","aaad","aaaggfrdaaa","aaer");

$strMatch = "aa";

preg_match_all("/(\b{$strMatch}[^\,]+)/i",implode(",",$a),$arrMatches);

print_r($arrMatches[1]);

?>