# Array search

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/array-search/269830>\
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**Created:** [September 2, 2008, 5:36am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/array-search/269830 "2008-09-02T05:36:53Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 2, 2008, 5:36am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/array-search/269830/1 "2008-09-02T05:36:53Z")

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hi,  
how to search the string value in array.  
ex: if my array contains  
$ar1=array(“activate”=\>“1”,“activated”=\>“3”,“provide”=\>“1”,“activating”=\>“2”,“providing”=\>“3”,“provided”=\>“2”,“hello”=\>“6”);  
then how to search the string word activate exists in array or not  
from the above array it has search for activate and display the result as 3 times bcz activate is there exists three rimes. how to find