I have a multidimensional countries array containing :
- code -> Country Code
- name - > Country Name
- flag -> CSS sprite flag class
The needle is a countryCode and haystack the $countriesArray. How would you search for a string(countryCode) and return the corresponding name and flag. Is this array badly constructed?.
Array
$CountriesArray = array(array( code => "bj",
name => "Benin",
flag => "flag flag-bj"
),
array( code => "bw",
name => "Botswana",
flag => "flag flag-bw"
),
array( code => "cg",
name => "Congo",
flag => "flag flag-cg"
)
ect....
);
ANSWER -Array format updated where the key is the countryCode
$CountriesArray = array( array( bj => array( name=> "Benin", flag => "flag flag-bj" )),
array( bw => array( name=> "Botswana", flag => "flag flag-bw" )),
array( cg => array( name=> "Congo", flag => "flag flag-cg" ))
);
Search array where $n = needle
function multiDimenArraySearch($n,$h){
foreach($h as $key => $value){
if($key == $n) return $value;
}
}
$n = "bj";
$search = multiDimenArraySearch($n,$CountriesArray);
$name = $search[$n]["name"]; //outputs name
$flag = $search[$n]["flag"]; // outputs flag class