How to get the values only if all the keys have matched? - php

Question

I want to make a method that returns keys and values. But only if the keys include the following string "_1" and "__last".
If only one matches then exit the function, only if the two string are included in the key, return the key with the value for a weather.
$infoList = array("_key_1"=>array("time"=>9, "day"=>"Tuesday", "weather"=>"sunny",
"humidity"=>"80%"),
"_key_2"=>array("time"=>5, "day"=>"Tuesday", "weather"=>"cloudy"),
"_key__last"=>array("time"=>3, "day"=>"Sunday", "weather"=>"rainy"))
public function getData() {
$list = array();
foreach($infoList as $key){
if(preg_match('/(_key)_(_1)/', $key) && preg_match('/(_key)_(__last)/', $key) == TRUE){
$list[$key] = $list[$key]["weather"]
}
}
return $list
}

Answer 1

You are making your life so much more difficult that it need be, use str_contains() its easier than building complex REGEX's and getting very confused by the look of it :)
I also fixed a number of other mistakes, such as the foreach that was not going to work, so check all the code.
It is also better to pass data to a function/method otherwise you get into scoping issues!
$infoList = array("_key_1"=>array("time"=>9, "day"=>"Tuesday", "weather"=>"sunny", "humidity"=>"80%"),
"_key_2"=>array("time"=>5, "day"=>"Tuesday", "weather"=>"cloudy"),
"_key__last"=>array("time"=>3, "day"=>"Sunday", "weather"=>"rainy"));
function getData(Array $infoList) {
$list = [];
$found = 0;
foreach($infoList as $key => $val) {
if( str_contains($key, '_1') || str_contains($key, '__last') ) {
$list[$key] = $val["weather"];
$found++;
}
}
if ( $found >= 2 ) {
return $list;
} else {
return false;
}
}
$res = getData($infoList);
if ( $res !== false ){
print_r($res);
} else {
echo 'Not Found';
}
RESULTS
Array
(
[_key_1] => sunny
[_key__last] => rainy
)

Answer 2

If you want to stick with RegEx, you can use positive lookaheads, the same way you check for passwords characters :
<?php
$pattern = '/^(?=.*_1)(?=.*_last).*$/';
$shouldMatch = [
'_1_last',
'foo_1bar_lasthello',
'_last_1',
'foo_lastbar_1hello'
];
echo 'next ones should match : ' . PHP_EOL;
foreach ($shouldMatch as $item)
{
if (preg_match($pattern, $item))
echo $item . PHP_EOL;
}
$shouldNOTMatch = [
'_2_first',
'bar_lasthello',
'foo_las_1hello'
];
echo 'next ones should NOT match : ' . PHP_EOL;
foreach ($shouldNOTMatch as $item)
{
// v------------ check
if (!preg_match($pattern, $item))
echo $item . PHP_EOL;
}
Output :
next ones should match :
_1_last
foo_1bar_lasthello
_last_1
foo_lastbar_1hello
next ones should NOT match :
_2_first
bar_lasthello
foo_las_1hello