how to get lowest value

hi to all. can anybody help me figuring out how to get the minimum
value from this list.

log1 354
log2 232
log3 155

from the above list i want to have a return value "log3" since this is
the lowest value in the list.

I tried to use $test = min(array('log1' =354,'log2' =232,'log3' =>
155));
but it returns only the value 155 and not log3

i would be very glad if someone can help me.

jayipee@gmail.com wrote:$array = array('log1' =354,'log2' =232,'log3' =155);
asort($array);
$min_key = reset(array_keys($array));

Grtz,
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luiheidsgoeroe@hotmail.com says...or:

$log_array = array("log1"=>354, "log3"=>155, "log2"=>232);
arsort($log_array);
$log_array = array_flip($log_array);
echo array_pop($log_array);

Geoff M

Geoff Muldoon wrote:In most cases, yes.
Now try:
$log_array = array("log1"=>354, "log3"=>null, "log2"=>232);

You can see why I'm a bit reluctant to use values as the keys.

Grtz,
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Rik Wasmus

Message-ID: <82c52$45358556$8259c69c$21674@news2.tudelft.nlfro m Rik
contained the following:
Sounds like a homework question.

Homeworky answer:

$array = array('log0'=>233,'log1' =354,'log2' =232,'log3' =255);
$count=1;
foreach($array as $key=>$value){
if($count==1 ){
$low_val =$value;
$low_key=$key;
}
elseif($value<$low_val){
$low_val =$value;
$low_key=$key;
}
$count++;
}
echo "$low_key =$low_val";

How to handle null values and duplicates left as an exercise. :-)
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Regards,

Geoff Berrow

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$array = array('log1' =354,'log2' =232,'log3' =155);
$test1 = array_search(min($array), $array);
$test2 = array_keys($array, min($array));

The difference between aray_search and array_keys is that _keys returns an
array of keys for matching elements. That means if several minimum values
are found, all matching elements are returned. Array_search just returns the
first.

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