loop through an array and apply preg_match - php

Question

i need to walk through an multidimensional array and and check ONLY the title if not start with alphabetic , as the follow :
Array
(
[0] => Array
(
[letter] =>
[id] => 176
)
[1] => Array
(
[letter] => "
[id] => 175
)
.....etc
so i need to check only letter if not start with a-zA-z , i have try do that , but still have something missing ,,
$notMatch = array();
foreach ($data as $value) {
foreach ($value as $item['title']=>$d) {
if(!preg_match('/^[a-zA-Z]$/',$d)){
$notMatch[]=$d;
}
}
}

Answer 1

See below URL i think it is very help full to you.
Update:
Using preg_match on a multidimensional array to return key values arrays
Try it
<?php
$data = array(
"abc"=>array(
"label" => "abc",
"value" => "def",
"type" => "ghi",
"desc" => "jkl",
),
"def"=>array(
"label" => "mno",
"value" => "qrs",
"type" => "tuv",
"desc" => "wxyz",
),
);
$matches = array();
$pattern = "/a/i"; //contains an 'a'
//loop through the data
foreach($data as $key=>$value){
//loop through each key under data sub array
foreach($value as $key2=>$value2){
//check for match.
if(preg_match($pattern, $value2)){
//add to matches array.
$matches[$key]=$value;
//match found, so break from foreach
break;
}
}
}
echo '<pre>'.print_r($matches, true).'</pre>';
?>

Answer 2

I removed one foreach loop and changed your preg_match pattern, removed the start of string/line and end of string/line anchors.
This is how I did it:
// I'm assuming your data array looks something like this:
$data = array(array('title'=>'fjsdoijsdiojsd', 'id'=>3),
array('title'=>'oijijsd', 'id'=>5),
array('title'=>'09234032', 'id'=>3));
$notMatch = array();
foreach ($data as $value) {
if(!preg_match('/([a-zA-Z]).*/',$value['title'])){
$notMatch[]=$value['title'];
echo 'notmatch! ' . $value['title'];
}
}
However, it's quite possible that someone with more regex experience can get you a better pattern. :)
http://codepad.viper-7.com/dvUQoW