I have the following multi dimensional array:
Array
(
[0] => Array
(
[name] => Botline
[description] => Kwese
[parent_team_id] =>
[company_id] => 10554
[id] => 13482
[external_id] => 13482
[extras] =>
)
[1] => Array
(
[name] => Books Boutique
[description] => Kwese
[parent_team_id] =>
[company_id] => 10554
[id] => 13483
[external_id] => 13483
[extras] =>
)
[2] => Array
(
[name] => Sij Investments
[description] => Kwese
[parent_team_id] =>
[company_id] => 10554
[id] => 13484
[external_id] => 13484
[extras] =>
)
[3] => Array
(
[name] => Steamcard Investments
[description] => Kwese installations
[parent_team_id] =>
[company_id] => 10554
[id] => 13549
[external_id] => 13549
[extras] =>
)
)
I want to be able to loop through the array searching for a nested array which has a 'id' equal to lest say '13484'. After I find that 'id' I want to be able to get all the elements in that array and save them.
The number of nested arrays which might come in the main array are undefined so I can not create a predetermined way of getting the right array which has the matching value. How can I achieve this?
No need to loop, just re-index using the id and then reference that element. This assumes that id is unique:
$array = array_column($array, null, 'id');
$result = $array[13484];
Or if you only need it once:
$result = array_column($array, null, 'id')[13484];
Here you can the according to the id and it's related values
$array = [[
'name' => 'Botline',
'description' => 'Kwese',
'parent_team_id' => '',
'company_id' => '10554',
'id' => '13482',
'external_id' => '13482',
'extras' => ''
]];
$id = [];
foreach ($array as $key => $value) {
$id[$value['id']]=$value;
}
after assign to id here, the output of id as below
echo "<pre>";
print_r($id);
echo "</pre>";
Array
(
[13482] => Array
(
[name] => Botline
[description] => Kwese
[parent_team_id] =>
[company_id] => 10554
[id] => 13482
[external_id] => 13482
[extras] =>
)
)
echo "<pre>";
print_r($id['13482']['name']);
echo "</pre>";
Assuming you name your multidimensional array as $someArrays and use $savedArray for saving the found array
$savedArray = array();
foreach ($someArrays as $someArray) {
if ($someArray['id'] == '13549') {
$savedArray = $someArray;
break;
}
}
print_r($savedArray);