Comparing in_array values - php

Question

I have a array of val which has dynamic strings with underscores. Plus I have a variable $key which contains an integer. I need to match $key with each $val (values before underscore).
I did the following way:
<?php
$key = 2; //always a dynamic number
$val = array('3_33', '2_55'); //always a dynamic string with underscore
if(in_array($key, $val)) {
echo 'Yes';
}
else
{
echo 'No';
}
?>
Though this code works fine, I want to know if its a correct way or suggest some better alternative.

Answer 1

use this function for regex match from php.net
function in_array_match($regex, $array) {
if (!is_array($array))
trigger_error('Argument 2 must be array');
foreach ($array as $v) {
$match = preg_match($regex, $v);
if ($match === 1) {
return true;
}
}
return false;
}
and then change your code to use this function like this:
$key = 2; //always a dynamic number
$val = array('3_33', '2_55'); //always a dynamic string with underscore
if(in_array_match($key."_*", $val)) {
echo 'Yes';
}
else
{
echo 'No';
}

Answer 2

This should work :
foreach( $val as $v )
{
if( strpos( $v , $key .'_' ) === true )
{
echo 'yes';
}
else {
echo 'no';
}
}

Answer 3

you can use this
function arraySearch($find_me,$array){
$array2 =array();
foreach ($array as $value) {
$val = explode('_',$value);
$array2[] =$val[0];
}
$Key = array_search($find_me, $array2);
$Zero = in_array($find_me, $array2);
if($Key == NULL && !$Zero){
return false;
}
return $Key;
}

Answer 4

$key = 2; //always a dynamic number
$val = array('3_33', '2_55'); //always a dynamic string with underscore
$inarray = false;
foreach($val as $v){
$arr = explode("_", $val);
$inarray = $inarray || $arr[0] == $key
}
echo $inarray?"Yes":"No";

Answer 5

The given format is quite unpractically.
$array2 = array_reduce ($array, function (array $result, $item) {
list($key, $value) = explode('_', $item);
$result[$key] = $value;
return $result;
}, array());
Now you can the existence of your key just with isset($array2[$myKey]);. I assume you will find this format later in your execution useful too.