How to search an array for matching text

Question

was wondering if there's a function to search an array, where the first letter matches a letter chosen. I could do something less elegant like

Loop through array 
Each item remove the first character, match to chosen search variable   e.g if the first letter from apple, a equals my selection a, show.

possible duplicate of [Filter array by first letter](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3366456/filter-array-by-first-letter) — ficuscr, Aug 10 '15 at 17:03

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 10 '15 at 17:53

Your question is not clear. But below I give you an example of selecting only the selected elements of an array that contain the first letter you want:

function select_from_array($first_letter,$array){
    $return = Array();
    for($i=0;$i<count($array);$i++){
        if($array[$i][0] === $first_letter) $return[] = $array[$i];
    }
    return $return;
}

Example:

$arr = Array("Nice","Chops","Plot","Club");
print_r(select_from_array('C',$arr));

Result:

Array
(
    [0] => Chops
    [1] => Club
)

you can use this function for other uses by simply changing the `if` condition. — Muntashir Akon, Aug 19 '15 at 11:48

How to search an array for matching text

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