help with multidimensional array search

[bobbyfletcher]

Thanks for the help can't figure this out...

I have a multidimensional array on football statistics. I need to search the array for a specific team, and return that teams key (which row the teams statistics are in).

for ($r = 0; $r<32; $r++) {
	if (in_array('Pittsburgh Steelers', $offense[$r][1])) {
		$off_needle = $r;
    	}
}

This doesn't work, but is the syntax I came up with. I already know theres 32 rows in the array, so I have an iteration for 31. The name of the team is in the second column, or key 1 in the array, so I search by [r$][1].

This error is: Wrong datatype for second argument

Is there a simple solution to this? Thanks...

[laserlight]

What is the structure of the array?

[bobbyfletcher]

array(32) {
[0]=> array(21)
{ [0]=> string(1) "1" [1]=> string(20) "New England Patriots" [2]=> string(1) "9" [3]=> string(4) "39.4" [4]=> string(3) "355" [5]=> string(3) "602" [6]=> string(5) "428.7" [7]=> string(3) "6.4" [8]=> string(4) "26.0" [9]=> string(2) "49" [10]=> string(2) "98" [11]=> string(2) "50" [12]=> string(1) "8" [13]=> string(2) "12" [14]=> string(2) "67" [15]=> string(2) "47" [16]=> string(3) "451" [17]=> string(5) "33:37" [18]=> string(1) "9" [19]=> string(1) "4" [20]=> string(3) "+11" }
[1]=> array(21)
{ [0]=> string(1) "2" [1]=> string(14) "Dallas Cowboys" [2]=> string(1) "8" [3]=> string(4) "33.1" [4]=> string(3) "265" [5]=> string(3) "498" [6]=> string(5) "406.0" [7]=> string(3) "6.5" [8]=> string(4) "21.5" [9]=> string(2) "51" [10]=> string(3) "104" [11]=> string(2) "49" [12]=> string(1) "4" [13]=> string(1) "6" [14]=> string(2) "67" [15]=> string(2) "56" [16]=> string(3) "454" [17]=> string(5) "31:10" [18]=> string(1) "9" [19]=> string(1) "4" [20]=> string(2) "+3" }
[2]=> array(21)
{ [0]=> string(1) "3" [1]=> string(18) "Indianapolis Colts" [2]=> string(1) "8" [3]=> string(4) "30.5" [4]=> string(3) "244" [5]=> string(3) "522" [6]=> string(5) "390.2" [7]=> string(3) "6.0" [8]=> string(4) "23.6" [9]=> string(2) "53" [10]=> string(3) "101" [11]=> string(2) "52" [12]=> string(1) "2" [13]=> string(1) "3" [14]=> string(2) "67" [15]=> string(2) "33" [16]=> string(3) "208" [17]=> string(5) "30:48" [18]=> string(1) "8" [19]=> string(1) "3" [20]=> string(3) "+11" }

and so on...

[laserlight]

Something like this may suffice:

function findTeam($team_name, $team_stats) {
    foreach ($team_stats as $key => $stats) {
        if ($stats[1] == $team_name) {
            return $key;
        }
    }
    return false;
}

[bobbyfletcher]

If I add an else condition to the if statement, it works perfectly.

Thank you very much for your help laserlight...

Have a good day.

[laserlight]

If I add an else condition to the if statement, it works perfectly.

An else should be unnecessary. What did you use?

Oh, and no problem. Remember to mark this thread as resolved using the thread tools.