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Last updated: Thu, 26 Jun 2008

key

(PHP 4, PHP 5)

key — Fetch a key from an array

Description

mixed key ( array &$array )

key() returns the index element of the current array position.

Parameters

array

The array.

Return Values

Returns the index.

Examples

Example #1 key() example

<?php
$array
= array(
  
'fruit1' => 'apple',
  
'fruit2' => 'orange',
  
'fruit3' => 'grape',
  
'fruit4' => 'apple',
  
'fruit5' => 'apple');

// this cycle echoes all associative array
// key where value equals "apple"
while ($fruit_name = current($array)) {
   if (
$fruit_name == 'apple') {
       echo
key($array).'<br />';
   }
  
next($array);
}
?>

The above example will output:

fruit1<br />
fruit4<br />
fruit5<br />

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