can do this: $array = array('apple', 'pear', 'orange', 'apricot');
$array = array_flip($array); $keyword = 'orange'; echo "found '$orange' @ index:" . $array[$keyword]; Don't use this method though! It makes your program slow! Elias "Tim Fountain" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > > This may be a silly question, but I'm used to being able to find PHP > functions to do whatever I want, but I can't find one to do this! > > If I have an array like this: > > [0] -> 'apple'; > [1] -> 'pear'; > [2] -> 'orange'; > [3] -> 'apricot'; > > I know I can use in_array() to check whether, say, 'orange' is in the > array; but how do I then find out which index 'orange' is at? > > -- > Tim Fountain ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > http://www.tfountain.co.uk/ > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php