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Title :	Array search function
Categories :	Arrays, PHP	David Bettis
Date :	Sep 24th 1999
Grade :	2 of 5 (graded 5 times)
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/* F_SearchArr
* Search for $item in $arr.
* Return -1 if nothing, location in $arr if so.
*
* Copyright (C) 1999 David W. Bettis
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
* modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
* as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
* of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
*
* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
* GNU General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
* along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
* Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
*/

function F_SearchArr($arr, $item)
{
$result = -1;

for ($i = 0; $i < count($arr); $i++) {
if (strcmp($arr[$i], $item) == 0) {
$result = $i;
}
}

return($result);
}

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User Comments

	Fredrik Kjell wrote : 294 `Should U worry about creating some nice code instead of protecting already know knowledge?`
	Franz Prilmeier wrote : 397 `Wouldn�t it be better to return true, if item has been found in the array? That way, the search would perform faster.`
	Faro Rasyid wrote :613 this code is quite useful for php3 user... and Prilmeier Franz is right, it`s better to return a boolean value