Search with php does not work properly - php

Question

I am making a search based on name of the product. It does work actually and it does find the product according search, however the problem is when I have several products with the same name it only shows me the first one. How could it be optimized? I would appreciate your help.
<?php
//DATA coming from the browser
$sSearch = $_GET['search'];
//TURN it into UPPERCASE
strtoupper( $sSearch );
//GETTING FROM FILE:
$sajProducts = file_get_contents( 'products.txt' );
$ajProducts = json_decode( $sajProducts );
$matchfound = false;
//LOOPING THROUGH THE ARRAY OF PRODUCTS
for ( $i=0; $i< count( $ajProducts ); $i++ ) {
if ( $sSearch == $ajProducts[$i]->name ) {
$jSearchResult = $ajProducts[$i];
$matchfound = true;
break;
}
}
//if there is a match display the product
if ( $matchfound ) {
echo json_encode ( $jSearchResult );
exit;
}
//if not display ALL products
else {
echo json_encode( $ajProducts );
exit;
}
?>
And the JSON products.text file:
[
{
"id": "59d278cae7017",
"name": "A",
"price": "1",
"quantity": 3,
"image": "img_webshop\/productimage-59d74304917c2.jpg"
},
{
"id": "59d27e20c8028",
"name": "A",
"price": "2",
"quantity": 3,
"image": "img_webshop\/productimage-59d743233c0cf.jpg"
},
{
"id": "59d6a7ae16d15",
"name": "A",
"price": "3",
"quantity": 2,
"image": "img_webshop\/productimage-59d743392fbb5.jpg"
},
{
"id": "59d6d6ee5f752",
"name": "A",
"price": "4",
"quantity": 4,
"image": "img_webshop\/productimage-59d74352d5b94.jpg"
},
{
"id": "59d743d207bd5",
"name": "B",
"price": "5",
"quantity": 1,
"image": "img_webshop\/productimage-59d743d1e6e64.jpg"
},
{
"id": "59d74451225ac",
"name": "B",
"price": "6",
"quantity": 1,
"image": "img_webshop\/productimage-59d7445120871.jpg"
},
{
"id": "59e0d95cd4111",
"name": "B",
"price": "4",
"quantity": "5",
"image": "img_webshop\/productimage-59e0d95cd2c4b.jpg"
},
{
"id": "59e0d992d1f3b",
"name": "C",
"price": "6",
"quantity": "5",
"image": "img_webshop\/productimage-59e0d992d19be.jpg"
},
{
"id": "59e0d9c59fbf2",
"name": "D",
"price": "4",
"quantity": "5",
"image": "img_webshop\/productimage-59e0d9c59f1a5.jpg"
}
]

Answer 1

Collect all matching result in an array and then return it in JSON.
$jSearchResult = array();
for ( $i=0; $i< count( $ajProducts ); $i++ ) {
if ( $sSearch == $ajProducts[$i]->name ) {
$jSearchResult[] = $ajProducts[$i];
$matchfound = true;
//break;
}
}
So, here after foreach loop completes the iteration for all json values, we will have final array of all the matches in $jSearchResult
then return it:
if ( $matchfound ) {
echo json_encode ( $jSearchResult );
exit;
}

Answer 2

Use this code:
$matchfound = false;
$jSearchResult = array();
//LOOPING THROUGH THE ARRAY OF PRODUCTS
for ( $i=0; $i< count( $ajProducts ); $i++ ) {
if ( $sSearch == $ajProducts[$i]->name ) {
$jSearchResult[] = $ajProducts[$i];
$matchfound = true;
}
}
Instead of this:
$matchfound = false;
//LOOPING THROUGH THE ARRAY OF PRODUCTS
for ( $i=0; $i< count( $ajProducts ); $i++ ) {
if ( $sSearch == $ajProducts[$i]->name ) {
$jSearchResult = $ajProducts[$i];
$matchfound = true;
break;
}
}