I want to know if there is another solution to what I'm doing here:
$array = [
['Name' => 'Apple', 'Count' => 10]
['Name' => 'Tomato', 'Count' => 23],
['Name' => 'Tree', 'Count' => 4],
['Name' => 'Potato', 'Count' => 44],
['Name' => 'Apple', 'Count' => 73],
];
//Generate string with the 'Name's'
$aNamesMain = [];
$nCounterMain = 0;
$aNamesMain = array_merge($aNamenMais, array_keys($array['Name']));
foreach ($aNamesMain as $name) {
// Check to see which items start with an A
if (substr('$name', 0, 1) === 'A') { $nCounterMain++; }
}
So I want to know how many times an item is found in my array at the 'Name' => place that starts with a specific letter. A in this case. But as I got it to work now it's like I posted above, but isn't there a better way to achieve this?
Some array function or something, because I've been trying some from the PHP manual but can't seem to find a better solution right now.
Something so I won't have to use the foreach or get rid of the array merge.
You can use array_filter with a anonymous function to solve this:
//your array containing the items.
$aArray = array(
array('Name' => 'Apple', 'Count' => 10),
array('Name' => 'Tomato', 'Count' => 23),
array('Name' => 'Tree', 'Count' => 4),
array('Name' => 'Potato', 'Count' => 44),
array('Name' => 'Apple', 'Count' => 73)
);
//the character or string you want to search.
$startWithChar = 'A';
//get all items of the array starting with the specified character or string.
$newArray = array_filter($aArray, function($v) use ($startWithChar) {
return strpos($v['Name'], $startWithChar) === 0;
});
echo count($newArray); //2