Store data in a array and search for items - php

Question

I Connect to a remote SSH device in Php.
I run a command that output is too long.
So I searched and understood I can save it via :
$my_array= explode("\n", $this->ssh->exec('some command'));
Its ok, Now I can display whole output via :
echo print_r($my_array);
Output is something like :
Array ( [0] => ath4_auth_mode=disabled [1] => wl_mac_deny= [2] => filter_dport_grp3= [3] => ses_script= [4] => http_redirect_port=3128 [5] => oet5_en=0 [6] => filter_dport_grp4= [7] => oet2_fragment=0 [8] =>
When I run :
echo count($my_array);
It displays me :
2200
So it is true, Now I wanna search for a specific text like name=,I want the value after equal in the array, I tried this :
$search_result = array_search("name=", $my_array);
But no chance, Even tried :
foreach($my_array as $cat) {
$cat = trim($cat);
if($cat == "name=") {
echo "hoola !";
} else {
echo ':-(';
}
Again no chance, How can I search for the name= and get the value after = ?

Answer 1

I suppose in your array value is not name= exactly. It can be name=something for example. In this case neither == nor in_array will find it. You need to use strpos:
foreach($my_array as $cat) {
$cat = trim($cat);
if(strpos($cat, "name=") === 0) {
echo "hoola !", $cat;
// add a break if value found so as not to search other elements
break;
} else {
echo ':-(';
}
}
I used === and 0 because name= must be in the beginning of your $cat.