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array_keys

(PHP 4, PHP 5)

array_keysReturn all the keys of an array

Description

array array_keys ( array $input [, mixed $search_value [, bool $strict = false ]] )

array_keys() returns the keys, numeric and string, from the input array.

If the optional search_value is specified, then only the keys for that value are returned. Otherwise, all the keys from the input are returned.

Parameters

input

An array containing keys to return.

search_value

If specified, then only keys containing these values are returned.

strict

Determines if strict comparison (===) should be used during the search.

Return Values

Returns an array of all the keys in input .

Changelog

Version Description
5.0.0 Added the strict parameter.

Examples

Example #1 array_keys() example

<?php
$array 
= array(=> 100"color" => "red");
print_r(array_keys($array));

$array = array("blue""red""green""blue""blue");
print_r(array_keys($array"blue"));

$array = array("color" => array("blue""red""green"),
               
"size"  => array("small""medium""large"));
print_r(array_keys($array));
?>

The above example will output:

Array
(
    [0] => 0
    [1] => color
)
Array
(
    [0] => 0
    [1] => 3
    [2] => 4
)
Array
(
    [0] => color
    [1] => size
)

See Also



array_map> <array_key_exists
Last updated: Fri, 20 Nov 2009
 
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array_keys
rarioj at gmail dot com
05-Oct-2009 01:38
Sometimes we want to find out the last added numerical key right after we use " array_push($array, $value) " or " $array[] = $value ". This can be achieved by calling:

<?php
return array_pop(array_keys($array));
?>
ferrerna at gmail dot com
23-Jan-2009 05:14
Here's a function I needed to collapse an array, in my case from a database query.  It takes an array that contains key-value pairs and returns an array where they are actually the key and value.

<?php

function array_collapse($arr, $x, $y) {
   
$carr = array();
    while (
$el = current($arr)) {
       
$carr[ $el[$x] ] = $el[$y];
       
next($arr);
    }
    return
$carr;
}

?>

Example usage (pseudo-database code):

<?php

$query
= db_query('SELECT name, value FROM properties');

$result = db_returnAll($query);

/* This will return an array like so:

[
   ['name' -> 'color', 'value' -> 'blue'],
   ['name' -> 'style', 'value' -> 'wide-format'],
   ['name' -> 'weight', 'value' -> 3.6],
   ['name' -> 'name', 'value' -> 'Waerdthing']
]

*/

$propArr = array_collapse($result, 'name', 'value');

/* Now this array looks like:

[
   ['color' -> 'blue'],
   ['style' -> 'wide-format'],
   ['weight' -> 3.6],
   ['name' -> 'Waerdthing'],

*/

?>

I found this handy for using with json_encode and am using it for my project http://squidby.com
nodarinodo at mail dot ru
03-Dec-2008 07:35
<?php
   
//It's a way to get keys from values )
   
$es = array("is My FullName"=>"nodar chkuaselidze (nodarinodo)", "You Are" => "I don't know", "Is My Friend" => "ruxadze");
    foreach(
array_values($es) as $ess){
        echo
$ess." =>";
           
    for(
$i =0; $i < count(array_keys($es, $ess)); $i++){
            echo
reset(array_keys($es, $ess))."<BR>";
        } }
?>
neil at 11 out of 10
24-Jul-2008 07:10
<?php

/*
 * This function will return the keys of elements in the
 * haystack where the value is found in array needle
 */

function array_value_intersect_keys( $array_haystack, $array_needle ){
   
$intersected = array_intersect( $array_haystack, $array_needle );
    return
array_keys( $intersected );
}

// usage

$array_haystack = array( 1 => 2, 2 => 5, 'red' => 8, 9 => 14 );

$array_needle = array( 2, 8 );

$array_keys_of_intersecting_values = array_value_intersect_keys( $array_haystack, $array_needle );

print_r( $array_keys_of_intersecting_values );
?>

returns
Array
(
    [0] => 1
    [1] => red
)
info at marc-gutt dot de
26-Jun-2008 02:41
cristianDOTzuddas [AT] gmailDOTcom function has to be named "array_pos" not "array_key". This one could be array_key.

Should only be used if $search_value is unique in $array (or it returns first found key).

function:
<?php
function array_key($array, $search_value)
{
    return
current(array_keys($array, $search_value));
}
?>

example:
<?php
$array
= array('foot', 'bike', 'car', 'plane');
print_r($array);

$key = array_key($array, 'bike');
echo(
"\nKey\n" . $key);
?>

output:
Array
(
    [0] => foot
    [1] => bike
    [2] => car
    [3] => plane
)
Key
1
edsongarrido at gmail dot com
12-Jun-2008 12:46
/*
*
*This function will return a .csv from a given array inside the $_SESSION['my_array']
*
*$csv_name -> the name we want the csv has to
*$download -> true or false to download the csv file after done
*
*/

<?php

function createCSV($csv_name, $download) {

       
$i = 1;
       
$csv = "";

       
/* erase the old file, if it exists */
       
@unlink("../../csv/" . $csv_name . ".csv");

       
/* array is in a session variable
         * this may be useful to avoid many db queries if it is the case */
       
$my_array = $_SESSION['my_array'];

       
/* how many fields has the given array */
       
$fields = count(array_keys($my_array[0]));

       
/* extracting the titles from the array */
       
foreach(array_keys($my_array[0]) as $title)
        {
           
/* array_keys percurs the title of each vector */
           
$csv .= $title;

           
/* while it is not the last field put a semi-colon ; */
           
if($i < $fields)
               
$csv .= ";";

           
$i++;
        }

       
/* insert an empty line to better visualize the csv */
       
$csv .= chr(10).chr(13);
               
$csv .= chr(10).chr(13);

       
/* get the values from the extracted keys */
       
foreach (array_keys($my_array) as $tipo)
        {

           
$i = 1;

            foreach(
array_keys($my_array[$tipo]) as $sub)
            {

               
$csv .= $my_array[$tipo][$sub];

                if (
$i < $fields)
                   
$csv .= ";";

               
$i++;
            }

           
$csv .= chr(10).chr(13);

        }

       
/* export the csv */
       
$export_csv=fopen("../../csv/". $csv_name .".csv", "w+");
       
fwrite($export_csv, $csv);
       
fclose($export_csv);

       
/* download the csv */
       
if ($download == true)
           
header('Location:' . "../../csv/" . $csv_name . ".csv");

        exit();

    }

?>
caiblack (at) hotmail (*) com
29-Jan-2008 05:04
function array_remove_assoc_key(&$my_array=array(), $my_key='') {
    if(array_key_exists($my_key, $my_array)) {
        unset($my_array[$my_key]);
    }
    return $my_array;
}
Hayley Watson
05-Oct-2007 01:43
An alternative to RQuadling at GMail dot com's array_remove() function:

<?php
function array_remove(array $array, $value, $strict=false)
{
    return
array_diff_key($array, array_flip(array_keys($array, $value, $strict)));
}
?>
linus dot norton at assertis dot co dot uk
25-Jun-2007 02:30
RE: creator at mindcreations

I found that with my php (5.1.2) I needed to initialize $keys

function multiarray_keys($ar) {
    $keys = array();

    foreach($ar as $k => $v) {
        $keys[] = $k;
        if (is_array($ar[$k]))
            $keys = array_merge($keys, multiarray_keys($ar[$k]));
    }
    return $keys;
}
RQuadling at GMail dot com
28-Mar-2007 01:31
If you want to remove a value from an array, then there is no direct mechanism.

The following function uses the array_keys() function to find the key(s) of the value that you want to remove and then removes the elements for that key.

I've also given some examples and the output.

<?php
/**
  * array array_remove ( array input, mixed search_value [, bool strict] )
  **/
function array_remove(array &$a_Input, $m_SearchValue, $b_Strict = False) {
   
$a_Keys = array_keys($a_Input, $m_SearchValue, $b_Strict);
    foreach(
$a_Keys as $s_Key) {
        unset(
$a_Input[$s_Key]);
    }
    return
$a_Input;
}
?>

Beside scalar variables (integers, floats, strings, boolean), you can also use arrays as the values you want to remove.

<?php
// Results in array(8, 8.0, '8', '8.0')
array_remove(array(8, 8.0, '8', '8.0', array(8), array('8')), array(8));

// Results in array(8, 8.0, '8', '8.0', array('8'))
array_remove(array(8, 8.0, '8', '8.0', array(8), array('8')), array(8), True);
?>
creator at mindcreations dot com
20-Mar-2007 10:12
# This function will extract keys from a multidimensional array

function multiarray_keys($ar) {
           
    foreach($ar as $k => $v) {
        $keys[] = $k;
        if (is_array($ar[$k]))
            $keys = array_merge($keys, multiarray_keys($ar[$k]));
    }
    return $keys;
}

# Example code:

$array = array("color" => array("1stcolor" => "blue", "2ndcolor" => "red", "3rdcolor" => "green"),
               "size"  => array("small", "medium", "large"));

echo "<pre>";
print_r($array);
echo "</pre>";

echo "<pre>";
print_r(multiarray_keys($array));
echo "</pre>";

# Example output:

Array
(
    [color] => Array
        (
            [1stcolor] => blue
            [2ndcolor] => red
            [3rdcolor] => green
        )

    [size] => Array
        (
            [0] => small
            [1] => medium
            [2] => large
        )

)

Array
(
    [0] => color
    [1] => 1stcolor
    [2] => 2ndcolor
    [3] => 3rdcolor
    [4] => size
    [5] => 0
    [6] => 1
    [7] => 2
)
master[at]request[dot]com
23-Feb-2007 11:14
<?
// sample Array

$strArray=array(0=>"Apple",1=>"Chery");

foreach(
$strArray as $key=> $val){
echo
$key ."-". $val[0];
}
?>
The output is
0 - Apple 1- Chery
jason at ajax dot hk
07-Feb-2007 05:30
just tested the following example on offical help, and found that the way array_keys() works have been changed
(it now correctly return all keys even through some values are identical)
<?
$array
= array("blue", "red", "green", "blue", "blue");
print_r(array_keys($array, "blue"));
?>
----------------output start-------------------
Array
(
    [0] => 0
    [1] => 3
    [2] => 4
)
-----------------output end--------------------

here's my code:
[code]
<?
$array
= array("blue", "red", "green", "blue", "blue","blue", "blue");

echo
'<br />source array<br />';
print_r($array);
echo
'<br /><br />result of array_keys()    <br />';
print_r(array_keys($array));
?>
[/code]
----------------output start-------------------
source array
Array
(
    [0] => blue
    [1] => red
    [2] => green
    [3] => blue
    [4] => blue
    [5] => blue
    [6] => blue
)

result of array_keys()   
Array
(
    [0] => 0
    [1] => 1
    [2] => 2
    [3] => 3
    [4] => 4
    [5] => 5
    [6] => 6
)
-----------------output end--------------------
brettz9 a/- yah00 do/- com
23-Dec-2006 02:25
Devmnky states that array_keys() doesn't work with multi-dimensional arrays. While it is true (as from his example), that array_keys does not recursively traverse the array for keys, one still can reference (or search for keys within) specific arrays within the array:

<?php
$array
= array("color" => array("blue", "red", "green"), "size" => array("small", "medium", "large"));
print_r(array_keys($array['color'], "blue")); // Correctly returns Array ( [0] => 0 )  (i.e., a new array starting at key 0, referring to the key of "blue" within the "color" array: 0)
?>
Ray.Paseur sometimes uses GMail
21-Dec-2006 12:38
Replace a key in an associative array, preserving the original order of keys and elements:

if (!function_exists('array_combine')) { // ONLY EXISTS IN PHP5
    function array_combine($keys, $values) {
        if (count($keys) != count($values)) {
    return false; }
        foreach($keys as $key) { $array[$key] = array_shift($values); }
    return $array; }   
} // END IF FUNCTION EXISTS

$keys = array_keys($array);
$values = array_values($array);
foreach ($keys as $k => $v) {
    if ($v == "MANAGEMENT FEE CHARGE") { $keys[$k] = "MANAGEMENT FEES"; }
}
$array = array_combine($keys, $values);
jochem
18-Feb-2006 12:13
might be worth noting in the docs that not all associative (string) keys are a like, output of the follow bit of code demonstrates - might be a handy introduction to automatic typecasting in php for some people (and save a few headaches):

$r = array("0"=>"0","1"=>"1","" =>"2"," "=>"3");
echo 'how php sees this array: array("0"=>"0","1"=>"1","" =>"2"," "=>"3")',"\n-----------\n";
var_dump($r); print_r($r); var_export($r);
echo "\n-----------\n",'var_dump("0","1",""," ") = ',"\n-----------\n";
var_dump("0","1",""," ");

OUTPUTS:

how php sees this array: array("0"=>"0","1"=>"1","" =>"2"," "=>"3")
-----------
array(4) {
  [0]=>
  string(1) "0"
  [1]=>
  string(1) "1"
  [""]=>
  string(1) "2"
  [" "]=>
  string(1) "3"
}
Array
(
    [0] => 0
    [1] => 1
    [] => 2
    [ ] => 3
)
array (
  0 => '0',
  1 => '1',
  '' => '2',
  ' ' => '3',
)
-----------
var_dump("0","1",""," ") =
-----------
string(1) "0"
string(1) "1"
string(0) ""
string(1) " "
Sven (bitcetera.com)
19-Dec-2005 02:43
Here's how to get the first key, the last key, the first value or the last value of a (hash) array without explicitly copying nor altering the original array:

<?php
  $array
= array('first'=>'111', 'second'=>'222', 'third'=>'333');

 
// get the first key: returns 'first'
 
print array_shift(array_keys($array));

 
// get the last key: returns 'third'
 
print array_pop(array_keys($array));

 
// get the first value: returns '111'
 
print array_shift(array_values($array));

 
// get the last value: returns '333'
 
print array_pop(array_values($array));
?>
vesely at tana dot it
09-Dec-2005 09:56
The position of an element.

One can apply array_keys twice to get the position of an element from its key. (This is the reverse of the function by cristianDOTzuddas.) E.g., the following may output "yes, we have bananas at position 0".

<?php
$a
= array("banana" => "yellow", "apple" = "red");
$k = get_some_fruit();
if (isset(
$a[$k]))
{
   list(
$pos) = array_keys(array_keys($a), $k);
   print
"yes, we have {$k}s at position $pos\n";
}
?>

Not amazingly efficient, but I see no better alternative.
alapidus
24-Nov-2005 01:07
erwin at spammij dot nl, a far more efficient solution to your problem would be to use the array_map function:

<?php

$_POST
= array_map('addslashes', $_POST);

?>
ru dot dy at gmx dot net
14-Aug-2005 04:20
I was looking for a function that simply unset a variable amout of values from a one-dimensional array by key. I ended up with this (returns the array itself if no further parameter than the array is given, false with no params - does not change the source array)

usage: array_remove(array $input [, mixed key ...])

<?php

 
function array_remove() {
    if (
$stack = func_get_args()) {
     
$input = array_shift($stack);
      foreach (
$stack as $key) {
        unset(
$input[$key]);
      }
      return
$input;
    }
    return
false;
  }

?>

Test:

<?php
  $a
= array('a'=>'fun', 'b'=>3.14, 'sub'=> array('1', '2', '3'), 'd'=>'what', 'e' => 'xample', 5 => 'x');
 
print_r($a);
 
print_r(array_remove($a, 'd', 'b', 5, 'sub'));
?>

Output:

Array
(
    [a] => fun
    [b] => 3.14
    [sub] => Array
        (
            [0] => 1
            [1] => 2
            [2] => 3
        )

    [d] => what
    [e] => xample
    [5] => x
)
Array
(
    [a] => fun
    [e] => xample
)

Hope this helps someone.
alex [@T] d-sn [D@T] com / Alex Galisteo
07-Aug-2005 09:46
My version of PHP does not support the strict parameter. Moreover, I need a function that could make other comparsion different than equals and stricktly equals.

The funcition array_keys_advanced can make the following comparsions: equal, not equal, strictly greater than, equal or greater than, strictly less than, equal or less than.

<?php
if (!function_exists('array_keys_advanced')) {
   
//{{{ array_keys_advanced
    /**
     * Returns an array with the matching keys as values. A comparsion type can
     * be spcified, even if it should be a strict comparsion or not.
     * Note: It is not recursive.
     *
     * @param    array    $input
     * @param    string   $search_value
     * @param    bool     $strict
     * @param    string   $comparison: {EQ | NEQ | GT | EGT | LT | ELT}
     * @return   Returns an array with the matching keys as values.
     * @author   alex [@T] d-sn [D@T] com // Alex Galisteo
     */
   
function array_keys_advanced() {
       
$nargs = func_num_args();
       
$arr = array();
       
$input = null;
       
$search_value = null;
       
$strict = (bool) false;
       
$comparison  = "EQ";
       
$comparsion_types = array("EQ", "NEQ", "GT", "EGT", "LT", "ELT");
        switch (
$nargs) {
        case
1:
           
$input = func_get_arg(0);
            return
array_keys($input);
            break;
        case
2:
           
$input = func_get_arg(0);
           
$search_value = func_get_arg(1);
            return
array_keys($input, $search_value);
            break;
        case
3:
           
$input = func_get_arg(0);
           
$search_value = func_get_arg(1);
           
$strict = (bool) func_get_arg(2);
           
$comparsion  = "EQ";
            break;
        case
4:
           
$input = func_get_arg(0);
           
$search_value = func_get_arg(1);
           
$strict = (bool) func_get_arg(2);
           
$comparsion = strtoupper((string) func_get_arg(3));
           
$comparsion = (in_array($comparsion, $comparsion_types))?
                           
$comparsion : "EQ";
            break;
        default:
            return
$arr;
            break;
        }
        foreach (
$input as $key => $val) {
            if (
$strict) {
                if (
$comparsion == "EQ" && $search_value === $val) {
                   
$arr[] = $key;
                }
                elseif (
$comparsion == "NEQ" && $search_value !== $val)
                   
$arr[] = $key;
                elseif (
$comparsion == "GT" && $search_value > $val)
                   
$arr[] = $key;
                elseif (
$comparsion == "EGT" && $search_value >= $val)
                   
$arr[] = $key;
                elseif (
$comparsion == "LT" && $search_value < $val)
                   
$arr[] = $key;
                elseif (
$comparsion == "ELT" && $search_value <= $val)
                   
$arr[] = $key;
            } else {
                if (
$comparsion == "EQ" && $search_value == $val)
                   
$arr[] = $key;
                elseif (
$comparsion == "NEQ" && $search_value != $val)
                   
$arr[] = $key;
                elseif (
$comparsion == "GT" && $search_value > $val)
                   
$arr[] = $key;
                elseif (
$comparsion == "EGT" && $search_value >= $val)
                   
$arr[] = $key;
                elseif (
$comparsion == "LT" && $search_value < $val)
                   
$arr[] = $key;
                elseif (
$comparsion == "ELT" && $search_value <= $val)
                   
$arr[] = $key;
            }
        }
        return
$arr;
    }
   
//}}}
} //endif function_exists
?>
webmaster [at] baz-x [dot] at
29-Jul-2005 10:43
I was looking for a function that deletes either integer keys or string keys (needed for my caching).
As I didn't find a function I came up with my own solution.
I didn't find the propiest function to post to so I will post it here, hope you find it useful.

<?php

function array_extract($array, $extract_type = 1)
{
    foreach (
$array as $key => $value )
    {
        if (
$extract_type == 1 && is_string($key) )
        {
           
// delete string keys
           
unset($array[$key]);
        }
        elseif (
$extract_type == 2 && is_int($key) )
        {
           
// delete integer keys
           
unset($array[$key]);
        }
    }

    return
$array;
}

?>

You can of course define constants to have a nicer look, I have chosen these: EXTR_INT = 1; EXTR_STRING = 2
EXTR_INT will return an array where keys are only integer while
EXTR_STRING will return an array where keys are only string

Have fun with it.
erwin at spammij dot nl
26-Jul-2005 12:28
//'This will use the array_keys function to make all $_POST values addslashed.

$post_array_keys = array_keys($_POST);

for ($g=0;$g<count($post_array_keys);$g++) {
    $_POST[$post_array_keys[$g]] = addslashes($_POST[$post_array_keys[$g]]);
}
cristianDOTzuddas [AT] gmailDOTcom
07-Jul-2005 06:41
The function extracts the key of an associative array from the position you need.

Input:
$arr = array('a'=>'first', 'b'=>'second', 'c'=>'third');
print(array_key($arr, 1));
       
Output: 'b'

<?
function array_key($arr, $pos) {
    if (!empty(
$arr)) {
        if (
$pos===null)
           
$pos = 0;
       
       
$all_keys = array_keys($arr);
        unset(
$arr);
       
       
$key = $all_keys[$pos];
        unset(
$all_keys);
       
        if (isset(
$key))
            return
$key;
        else {
            unset(
$key);
            return
null;
        }
    }
}
?>
xorithNOSPAM (at) alsherok d.o.t net
27-May-2005 03:21
Notes for steve and sip from below (wow, spanning years on these notes!)

First off, Steve is right - isset will *not* return true at all when checking for a key that has a value set to the built-in constant null.

Sip is right in that it is faster to use isset. However, however his facts seem a bit misleading. Let me show you my console output for my test:

[Notice] Populating test array with 200000 values...
[Notice] Setting key '100000' to null for null key test.
[array_key_exists] Starting timer...
[array_key_exists] Found key 150000, time: 0.00015640
[array_key_exists] Test Complete.
[isset] Starting timer...
[isset] Found key 150000, time: 0.00008583
[isset] Test Complete.
[array_key_exists:bad_key] Starting timer...
[array_key_exists:bad_key] Did not find bad key 400000, time: 0.00009155
[array_key_exists:bad_key] Test Complete.
[isset:bad_key] Starting timer...
[isset:bad_key] Did not find bad key 400000, time: 0.00008392
[isset:bad_key] Test Complete.
[array_key_exists:null_test] Starting timer...
[array_key_exists:null_test] Found key with null value 100000, time: 0.00008392
[array_key_exists:null_test] Test Complete.
[isset:null_test] Starting timer...
[isset:null_test] Did not find key with null value 100000, time: 0.00008392
[isset:null_test] Test Complete.

Yes, that's 200,000 values. I was using an md5 of microtime() and the index, to ensure that the data was of some sort of adequate size. I had to bump up my memory_limit to do the 200,00 index test.

One thing I'd like to note is I also tried this test with 2,000 and 20,000. What I found is that the times are almost identical all the way up to 200,000. The time is in seconds.

As you can see, while there is a significant time difference between array_key_exists and isset in the first test, the time appeared to improve down the board, until it was equal with isset in the last test. You might also note that really, the time isn't too bad, not for a function that will return a more accurate result than isset.

One more test, this time 500,000 indicies:
[Notice] Populating test array with 500000 values...
[Notice] Setting key '250000' to null for null key test.
[array_key_exists] Starting timer...
[array_key_exists] Found key 375000, time: 0.00016403
[array_key_exists] Test Complete.
[isset] Starting timer...
[isset] Found key 375000, time: 0.00008011
[isset] Test Complete.
[array_key_exists:bad_key] Starting timer...
[array_key_exists:bad_key] Did not find bad key 1000000, time: 0.00007629
[array_key_exists:bad_key] Test Complete.
[isset:bad_key] Starting timer...
[isset:bad_key] Did not find bad key 1000000, time: 0.00007629
[isset:bad_key] Test Complete.
[array_key_exists:null_test] Starting timer...
[array_key_exists:null_test] Found key with null value 250000, time: 0.00007439
[array_key_exists:null_test] Test Complete.
[isset:null_test] Starting timer...
[isset:null_test] Did not find key with null value 250000, time: 0.00007629
[isset:null_test] Test Complete.

Surprisingly, the times seem a tad shorter here. This could be a result of my server though, but the fact still stands that even with an incredibly large array, the time impact isn't a huge problem with array_key_exists.

So to wrap this up:

If you care to know if a key exists, even if it's null, use array_key_exists.

If you don't want to know if a key is there if it's null, use isset.

-- JWalker (Xorith)
devmnky /at\ gmail /dot\ com
10-Mar-2005 02:03
Please note that array_keys() does not work if you're trying to search for values within multi-dimensional arrays.

For example:

$array = array("color" => array("blue", "red", "green"),
               "size"  => array("small", "medium", "large"));
print_r(array_keys($array, "blue"));

will return:
Array
{
}
steve at ukwebsystems dot com
25-Sep-2004 05:52
note to sip at email dot ee

inefficent it may be, but it detects if array keys have been defined with null values.

with the array

$Row['field1'] = null;
$Row['field2'] = 'hello';

array_key_exists('field1',$Row) will return true

isset($Row['field1']) will return false, even though the key is present...
sip at email dot ee
22-Aug-2003 12:33
Note, that using array_key_exists() is rather inefficient. The overhead associated with calling a function makes it slower, than using isset($array[$key]), instead of array_key_exists($key, $array)
using isset() is usually about 1.3 times faster, according to my tests.
rodrigo at NOSPAM dot dhweb dot com dot br
05-Feb-2003 12:39
[Editor's note: For a complete solution to the printing of complex structures or hashes, see the PEAR::Var_Dump package: http://pear.php.net/package-info.php?pacid=103 , use "pear install Var_Dump" to get it]

This function will print all the keys of a multidimensional array in html tables.
It will help to debug when you donīt have control of depths.

<?php
function show_keys($ar){

   echo
"<table width='100%' border='1' bordercolor='#6699CC' cellspacing='0' cellpadding='5'><tr valign='top'>";

      foreach (
$ar as $k => $v ) {

         echo
"<td align='center' bgcolor='#EEEEEE'>
           <table border='2' cellpadding='3'><tr><td bgcolor='#FFFFFF'><font face='verdana' size='1'>
              "
. $k . "
           </font></td></tr></table>"
;

           if (
is_array($ar[$k])) {
             
show_keys ($ar[$k]);
         }

         echo
"</td>";

      }

   echo
"</tr></table>";

}

// Multidimensional array ->
$arvore = array();
$arvore['1'] = array();
$arvore['1']['1.1'] = array('1.1.1', '1.1.2', '1.1.3');
$arvore['1']['1.2'] = array('1.2.1', '1.2.2', '1.2.3');
$arvore['1']['1.3'] = array('1.3.1', '1.3.2', '1.3.3');
$arvore['2'] = array();
$arvore['2']['2.1'] = array('2.1.1', '2.1.2', '2.1.3');
$arvore['2']['2.2'] = array('2.2.1', '2.2.2', '2.2.3');
$arvore['2']['2.3'] = array('2.3.1', '2.3.2', '2.3.3');
$arvore['3'] = array();
$arvore['3']['3.1'] = array('3.1.1', '3.1.2', '3.1.3');
$arvore['3']['3.2'] = array('3.2.1', '3.2.2', '3.2.3');
$arvore['3']['3.3'] = array('3.3.1', '3.3.2'=>array('3.3.2.1', '3.3.2.2'), '3.3.3');
// <-

show_keys($arvore);
?>
michielbakker at msn dot com
13-Nov-2002 05:45
If you receive a bunch of variables and like to change most of them (or all of them for that matter), you can do something like this: (data has been sent to a page with POST)

<?
$allKeys
= array_keys($HTTP_POST_VARS);

for (
$i=0;$i<count($allKeys);$i++)
{
      $
$allKeys[$i] = strtoupper($HTTP_POST_VARS[$allKeys[$i]]);
}
?>

This makes caracters (a-z) uppercase. This is just one way to use it, ofcourse.

Hope this helps someone understand the way to use array_keys() or give any ideas. :)
glennh at webadept dot net
13-Nov-2002 12:03
All the cool notes are gone from the site.

Here's an example of how to get all the variables passed to your program using the method on this page. This prints them out so you can see what you are doing.

<?php
while (list($key, $value) = each
(${"HTTP_".$REQUEST_METHOD."_VARS"}))
{
        echo
$key." = ".$value." ";
}
?>
jacob at keystreams dot com
21-Aug-2002 06:05
Here is a way to use array_intersect on array keys rather than values:

<?php
$a
= array("apple" => "red", "banana" => "yellow");
$z = array("apple" => "green", "peach" => "orange", "banana" => "rotten");

$intersected_keys = array_intersect(array_keys($a), array_keys($z));

print_r($intersected_keys);
?>

This will print:

Array ( [0] => apple [1] => banana )

array_map> <array_key_exists
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