PHP Array Exercises : Search a specified value within the values of an associative array

PHP Array: Exercise-33 with Solution

Write a PHP function to search a specified value within the values of an associative array.

Sample Solution:

PHP Code:

<?php
function arraysearch($arra1, $search)
{
reset($arra1);
while (list ($key, $val) = each ($arra1)) 
{
if (preg_match ("/$search/i", $val)) 
{
   echo $search." has found in ".$key."\n";
} 
else 
{
    echo $search." has not found in ".$key."\n";
}
}
}
$exercises = array("part1"=>"PHP array", "part2"=>"PHP String", "part3"=>"PHP Math");
arraysearch($exercises, "Math");
?>

Sample Output:

Math has not found in part1                                 
Math has not found in part2                                 
Math has found in part3 

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