PHP: Get key from array?

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I am sure that this is super easy and built-in function in PHP, but I have yet not seen it.

Here's what I am doing for the moment:

foreach($array as $key => $value) {
    echo $key; // Would output "subkey" in the example array
    print_r($value);
}

Could I do something like the following instead and thereby save myself from writing "$key => $value" in every foreach loop? (psuedocode)

foreach($array as $subarray) {
    echo arrayKey($subarray); // Will output the same as "echo $key" in the former example ("subkey"
    print_r($value);
}

Thanks!

The array:

Array
(
    [subKey] => Array
        (
            [value] => myvalue
        )

)
multidimensional-array key arrays php
9 Answers

Here is a generic solution that you can add to your Array library. All you need to do is supply the associated value and the target array!

PHP Manual: array_search() (similiar to .indexOf() in other languages)

public function getKey(string $value, array $target)
{
    $key = array_search($value, $target);

    if ($key === null) {
        throw new InvalidArgumentException("Invalid arguments provided. Check inputs. Must be a (1) a string and (2) an array.");
    }

    if ($key === false) {
        throw new DomainException("The search value does not exists in the target array.");
    }

    return $key;
}
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