如何根据无密钥多维数组中的相邻键获取特定值？

Question

Consider the following array:

$serviceNames =  array(
    0    =>  array(
        'language'    => 'en',
        'value'       => 'something',
        'type'        => 'name',
    ),
    1    =>  array(
        'language'    => 'fi',
        'value'       => 'jotain',
        'type'        => 'name',
    ),
    2    =>  array(
        'language'    => 'sv',
        'value'       => 'någonting',
        'type'        => 'name',
    ),
);

I need to get the 'value' definitions based on language. The problematic part is that the array $serviceNames does not have a predefined length (comes originally as a JSON file from an API), and the items can come in any order (in my example it goes like en, fi, sv, but it could be de, en, sv, fr... you get it).

If I wanted to get 'value' within the array where 'language' equals to 'en', how could I do that?

Answer 1

My advice is that you make the array associative.
Once that is done you access the value by ["language"]["value"].

$serviceNames = array_column($serviceNames, Null, "language");

echo $serviceNames["fi"]["value"];  //jotain
echo $serviceNames["en"]["value"];  //something
echo $serviceNames["sv"]["value"];  //någonting

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