PHP - How i can find a partial word in array? - php

Question

I have a word:
$word = "samsung";
I have array:
$myarray = Array(
[0] => "Samsung=tv"
[1] => "Apple=mobile"
[2] => "Nokia=mobile"
[3] => "LG=tv"
I need now something like this to find a partial match:
if($word in $myarray){ echo "YES"; } // samsung found in Samsung=tv
Thank you for help.

Answer 1

You want in_array http://us3.php.net/manual/en/function.in-array.php.
if(in_array($word,$myarray){ echo 'yes'; }

Answer 2

Are you looking for something like this?
<?php
$myarray = array("Samsung=tv", "Apple=mobile", "Nokia=mobile", "LG=tv");
function findSimilarWordInArray($word, $array) {
if (empty($array) && !is_array($array) return false;
foreach ($array as $key=>$value) {
if (strpos( strtolower($value), strtolower($word)) !== false) {
return true;
} // if
} // foreach
}
// use case
if ( findSimilarWordInArray('samsung',$myarray) ) {
echo "I've found it!";
}
?>
It allows you to look for a similar word in array values.

Answer 3

If you are looking for partial matches, you can use strpos() with a foreach loop to iterate through the array.
foreach ($myarray as $key => $value) {
if (strpos($value, $word) !== FALSE) {
echo "Yes";
}
}

Answer 4

There is no built in function to do a partial match, but you can easily create your own:
function in_array_partial($needle, $haystack){
$result = false;
$needle = strtolower($needle);
foreach($haystack as $elem){
if(strpos(strtolower($elem), $needle) !== false){
$result = true;
break;
}
}
return $result;
}
Usage:
if(in_array_partial('samsung', $myarray)){
echo 'yes';
}

Answer 5

You can try something like this:
function my_in_array($word, $array){
forach($array as $value){
if(strpos($word, $value) !== false){
return true;
}
}
return false;
}