Question

I am trying to find the results for a huge array (7000+ items) and for some reason, the script I used before for another project keeps returning false, or I’m probably forgetting something.

I am trying to sort through an array and find two items that’s listed in a variable. Here’s the code:

$.getJSON('proxy.php?url=http://api.bukget.org/api/plugins', function(data){
        var list = ['essentials', 'worldguard'];
        //console.log(data);
        $.each(data, function(i, plugin){
            if (plugin === list) {
                console.log('found!');
                 } else {
                    return false;
                }
        });

    });

What am I missing from my code?

Using A Proxy:

<?php

    if (!isset($_GET['url'])) die();
    $url =  urldecode($_GET['url']);
    $url = 'http://' . str_replace('http://', '', $url); // Avoid accessing the file system
    echo file_get_contents($url);
?>

Which makes the data (snippet):

["a5h73y", "ab-marriage", "abacus", "abag", "abandonedcarts", "abilitytrader", "abitofrealism", "aboot", "absorbchests", "acc", "acceptdarules", "acceptrules", "accesscontrol", "accessories", "accident-tnt", "accountlock", "achat", "achievement", "achievements", "acientcave", "acommands", "actionzones", "activator", "activityhistory", "activitypromotion", "activitytracker"]

Answer 1

return false will break out of the $.each if plugin !== list in the first iteration.

Edit: If you want to find for any of items inside list and stop matching it’d be:

$.getJSON('proxy.php?url=http://api.bukget.org/api/plugins', function(data) {
    var list = ['essentials', 'worldguard'],
        found;
    $.each(data, function(i, plugin) {
        if (~$.inArray(plugin, list)) {
            found = true;
            return false;
        }
    });
    if (found) {
        console.log('found!');
    } else {
        console.log('not found!');
    }
});

Fiddle

If you want to find both of them:

$.getJSON('proxy.php?url=http://api.bukget.org/api/plugins', function(data) {
    var list = ['essentials', 'worldguard'],
        found = 0;
    $.each(data, function(i, plugin) {
        if (~$.inArray(plugin, list)) {
            found++;
        }
    });
    if (found === list.length) {
        console.log('found all of them!');
    } else {
        console.log(found + ' items found.');
    }
});

Fiddle