php: how to get associative array key from numeric index? php: how to get associative array key from numeric index? php php

php: how to get associative array key from numeric index?


You don't. Your array doesn't have a key [1]. You could:

  • Make a new array, which contains the keys:

    $newArray = array_keys($array);echo $newArray[0];

    But the value "one" is at $newArray[0], not [1].
    A shortcut would be:

    echo current(array_keys($array));
  • Get the first key of the array:

     reset($array); echo key($array);
  • Get the key corresponding to the value "value":

    echo array_search('value', $array);

This all depends on what it is exactly you want to do. The fact is, [1] doesn't correspond to "one" any which way you turn it.


$array = array( 'one' =>'value', 'two' => 'value2' );$allKeys = array_keys($array);echo $allKeys[0];

Which will output:

one


If you only plan to work with one key in particular, you may accomplish this with a single line without having to store an array for all of the keys:

echo array_keys($array)[$i];