[php] simple search using associative arrays

[Greyruin]

It looks good, all the same - but I think you need to add a flag for 
"found" so that you have an error message in the event of a typo:

<?php
/*
file: SearchNameAge.php
called from SearchNameForm.php
*/

$ages['Peter'] = "32";
$ages['Quagmire'] = "30";
$ages['Joe'] = "34";

foreach($ages as $name => $age)
{
echo "The name is $name and the age is $age <br />";
}

     echo "let us search for Joe<br />";
// Assume "Joe" has not yet been found:
     $found = false;
     $searchname = "Joe";
     foreach($ages as $name => $age)
{
if($name == $searchname)
{
echo "The name is $name and the age is $age <br />";
// Here he is, so note that fact (computers suffer from Alzheimers)
                                     $found = true;
}
}
   // Let the user know if we didn't find Joe:
     if !$found
         echo "Oops! We weren't able to find your Joe";
?>
Since your program is keyed to find a particular name, and won't pass 
the debug stage until it does, these additions aren't strictly speaking 
necessary. Even so, it never hurts to model completeness for students. 
Nice one.

G
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