How to display a certain position of an associative array?

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How to display a certain position of an associative array?

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This is my array associative:

$vetor = array(
 "Nome"=> "posicao1",
 "Telefone"=> "posicao2",
 "Idade"=> "posicao3",
 "Sexo"=> "posicao4"
);

To display its contents I can use the foreach();

foreach($vetor as $campo => $valor){
    echo "Na posicao ".".$campo_echo." está o: ".$valor."<br>";
}

But, what if I want to display only the two values? And if I want to display only three values? How can I do this?

I tried to use the for, but without success:

for($i=0; $i<=1; $i++){
 echo $vetor[$i];
}

1

echo $vetor[3] .'-'. $vetor[2]; that? in the second example $i should start at 1

– rray

2016/05/12 at 14:28
your Count will be dependent on how many values you want to set, starting or ending at your set value in $i

– Marcos Henrique

2016/05/12 at 14:34
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When you say "display only the two values" you know the keys to these two values?

– Sergio

2016/05/12 at 14:40
These two examples you gave me work only when I put numbers in the keys, 1, 2etc. Modifiquei o código para exemplificar o que quero fazer. Digamos que eu queira exibir somente os três primeiros campos: os valores dename, telephone e ìdade. Would use the for, correct?

– GtGtGt

2016/05/12 at 14:42
This example echo $vector[0] . '-'. $vector[1] .....;funciona. Porém, se meu array tiver 100, 200, 300 elementos, fazer isso de um a um não é uma boa prática, logo tenho que automatizar isso. Daí, entra ofor`. How can I do this?

– GtGtGt

2016/05/12 at 14:44
My suggestion was based on the information of the question, in the first version were indices numbers are now associative and also was not commented on 100 or 300 indices/keys, I could not understand right q vc want, the second comment seems to be the solution.

– rray

2016/05/12 at 14:46
I left with numbers to exemplify, did not know that leaving keys with numbers the same are considered as indexes. As I said, if my array has 300 keys/elements and you only want to display the first 250, how can I do that? This is my question. The difference is that the example I did is much smaller, I want to display the Indice 0 and 1, that is, the first two. I’m sorry if I expressed myself badly.

– GtGtGt

2016/05/12 at 14:49
The question from the beginning was a array associative. They were strings. Even if they were numerical, it could still be a array associative. The keys of this type of array may be of any kind.

– Maniero

2016/05/12 at 14:53
$vetor = array(
 "Nome"=> "posicao1",
 "Telefone"=> "posicao2",
 "Idade"=> "posicao3",
 "Sexo"=> "posicao4"
); How do I display only the first two fields with one for?

– GtGtGt

2016/05/12 at 14:55
for($i=1; $i<=3; $i++){ echo $vetor[$i]."<br>"; }. Or, in the first $i knitting the 1 for 0 and the 3 for 2, also doesn’t work :/

– GtGtGt

2016/05/12 at 14:57
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– Maniero

2016/09/03 at 13:17

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by Maniero • **444,682** points · Answer 1 · 2016-05-12T14:38:05+00:00

You do it with function array_keys().

foreach (array_keys($vetor) as $index => $key) echo $index . ": " . $key . " => " . $vetor[$key] . "\n";

$array = array_keys($vetor);
for ($i = 0; $i <= 1; $i++) echo $array[$i] . " => " . $vetor[$array[$i]] . "\n";

Behold working in the ideone. And in the repl it.. Also put on the Github for future reference.

by Daniel Omine • **19,666** points · Answer 2 · 2016-10-03T18:09:09+00:00

This repeat loop iterates the integer array and displays the associative key and its value.

foreach ($vetor as $k => $v) {
    echo $k.' -> '.$v.PHP_EOL.'<br>';
}

If you wanted to display a certain range, you can only create conditional within the repeat loop.

Example, if you want to display only the second and the third

$c = 1;
foreach ($vetor as $k => $v) {
    if ($c == 2 || $c == 3) {
        echo $k.' -> '.$v.PHP_EOL.'<br>';
    }
    $c++;
}

But depending on the case may not be very good as it would still be iterating the entire array.

It could do otherwise to save memory and processing resources. Even if it is a small saving. The most interesting thing is that it makes the routine more dynamic, that is, reusable:

$arr = array(
    'Nome'=> 'posicao1',
    'Telefone'=> 'posicao2',
    'Idade'=> 'posicao3',
    'Sexo'=> 'posicao4'
);


function foo($arr, $ini, $end) {
    // O terceiro parâmetro como true, preserva os índices.
    return array_slice($arr, $ini-1, $end-1, true);
}

// Isso aqui retorna o array "cortado" definindo parâmetros de forma mais simplificada.
$arr = foo($arr, 2, 3);

// Itera tudo normalmente sem precisar fazer firula.
// O laço de repetição fica "livre" de condicionais.
foreach ($arr as $k => $v) {
    echo $k.' -> '.$v.PHP_EOL.'<br>';
}

/*
[retorno]
Telefone -> posicao2 
Idade -> posicao3
*/

I emphasize that each solution depends on the situation. In a larger array, for example, more than 20 items, I believe better Slice. In a smaller array, do as in the first example with conditional inside the repeat loop.