seeking records from array

[qadeer_ahmad]

freiends i am trying to seeking records from array but getting not exect records my script is

<?
define("name","name");
define("occupation","occupation");
define("specialty","specialty");
define("age","age");

$characters = array (
array ( name=>"bob",
occupation=>"superhero",
age=>30,
specialty=>"x-ray vision" ),
array ( name=>"sally",
occupation=>"superhero",
age=>24,
specialty=>"superhuman strength" ),
array ( name=>"mary",
occupation=>"arch villain",
age=>63,
specialty=>"nanotechnology" )
);

foreach ( $characters as $val )
{
foreach ( $val as $key=>$final_val )
{
if ($key="name" and $final_val="mary")
{
print $final_val[2] . " age<br>";
print "$key: $final_val<br>";
}
}
}

?>
here i am trying to seeking name with value "mary" and then i want to get value of age against the mary value but when i run i get like this

r age
name: mary
r age
name: mary
r age
name: mary
r age
name: mary
r age
name: mary
r age
name: mary
r age
name: mary
r age
name: mary

here it is clear he is seeking for mary but getting only "r" for age value

Please guid me for this.....

[jonno946]

what about:

http://uk2.php.net/in_array

is that what you are looking for?

Jonno

[Installer]

A hint: remember that "=" assigns values; "==" and "===" test for equality.

[harman]

$characters = array ( 
	array ( 'name'=>'bob', 'occupation'=>'superhero', 'age'=>30, 'specialty'=>'x-ray vision' ), 
	array ( 'name'=>'sally', 'occupation'=>'superhero', 'age'=>24, 'specialty'=>'superhuman strength' ), 
	array ( 'name'=>'mary', 'occupation'=>'arch villain', 'age'=>63, 'specialty'=>'nanotechnology' ) 
); 

foreach ( $characters as $one_set ) {
	foreach ( $one_set as $name=>$value ) {
		if($one_set['name'] == 'mary')
			print $name.': '.$value."<br>"; 
	}
} 

Result>>
name: mary
occupation: arch villain
age: 63
specialty: nanotechnology

[qadeer_ahmad]

Thanks its working nice