Question

i have following function where i have brands info in an array. i should get array containing those info when i pass brand name to this function.

function brand_info($brand)
{
    $brands_list=array ( 
    'lg'=>
    array(
    'name'           => 'LG Phone Company',
    'country'        =>  'country',
    'founded_year'   =>  '2001'
    ),
    'nokia'=>
    array(
    'name'           => 'Nokia Phone Company',
    'country'        =>  'country',
    'founded_year'   =>  '2001'
    )
    );


    if(in_array($brand,$brands_list))
    {
        // return array containg company info
    }
}

this should return an array by which i can show these info.

$brand_info=brand_info($brand_name);
echo $brand_info['name'];

what may be the best way to do this?

Answer 1

If you’re passing in the brandname then this would suffice:

function brand_info($brand)
{
    $brands_list=array ( 
    'lg'=>
    array(
    'name'           => 'LG Phone Company',
    'country'        =>  'country',
    'founded_year'   =>  '2001'
    ),
    'Nokia'=>
    array(
    'name'           => 'Nokia Phone Company',
    'country'        =>  'country',
    'founded_year'   =>  '2001'
    )
    );

    if (array_key_exists($brand,$brands_list)) {
      return $brands_list[$brand];
    } else {
      return false;
    }
}

$brandinfo = brand_info('Nokia');
echo $brandinfo['name']; // will print "Nokia Phone Company"