PHP Get Highest Value from Array

If you just want the largest value in the array use the max function. This will return the largest value, although not the corresponding key. It does not change the original array.

If you care about the the key you could then do

$key = array_search(max($array), $array)

(Edited to include @binaryLV's suggestion)

$a = array(10, 20, 52, 105, 56, 89, 96);
$b = 0;
foreach ($a as $key=>$val) {
    if ($val > $b) {
        $b = $val;
    }
}
echo $b;

You are looking for asort()

You could use max() for getting the largest value, but it will return just a value without an according index of array. Then, you could use array_search() to find the according key.

$array = array("a"=>1,"b"=>2,"c"=>4,"d"=>5);
$maxValue = max($array);
$maxIndex = array_search(max($array), $array);
var_dump($maxValue, $maxIndex);

Output:

int 5
string 'd' (length=1)

If there are multiple elements with the same value, you'll have to loop through array to get all the keys.

It's difficult to suggest something good without knowing the problem. Why do you need it? What is the input, what is the desired output?

greatestValue=> try this its very easy

$a=array(10,20,52,105,56,89,96);
$c=0;
foreach($a as $b)
{
if($b>$c)
$c=$b;

}
echo $c;

$ee = array('a' => 50, 'b' => 25, 'c' => 5, 'd' => 80, 'e' => 40, 'f' => 152, 'g' => 45, 'h' => 28);
$Acurr = '';
$Amax = 0;

foreach($ee as $key => $value) {
    $Acurr = $value;    

    if($Acurr >= $Amax) {
        $Amax = $Acurr; 
    }
}

echo "greatest number is $Amax";

Try it.

$data = array("a"=>1,"b"=>2,"c"=>4,"d"=>5); $maxKey = current(array_keys($data, max($data))); var_dump($maxKey);

// assuming positive numbers

$highest_key;
$highest_value = 0;
foreach ($array as $key => $value) {
    if ($value > $highest_value) {
        $highest_key = $key;
    }
}

// $highest_key holds the highest value

$abc=array("a"=>1,"b"=>2,"c"=>4,"e"=>7,"d"=>5);
/*program to find max value*/
$lagest = array();
$i=0;
foreach($abc as $key=>$a) {
    if($i==0) $b=$a;
    if($b<$a) {
        $b=$a;
        $k=$key;
    }
    $i++;
 }
 $lagest[$k]=$b;
 print_r($lagest);

<?php 
$array = array("a"=>1,"b"=>2,"c"=>4,"d"=>5); 

foreach ($array as $key => $value) {
   if ($value >= $max) 
    $max = $key;     
}
echo " The array in largest number :".$max."<br/>";
?> 

Find highest number, including negative:

return max([abs(max($array)),abs(min($array))]);

asort() is the way to go:

$array = array("a"=>1,"b"=>2,"c"=>4,"d"=>5);
asort($array);
$highestValue       = end($array);
$keyForHighestValue = key($array);

You need to use by ksort(array("a"=>1,"b"=>2,"c"=>4,"d"=>5)); for more info: http://www.w3schools.com/php/php_arrays_sort.asp

Here a solution inside an exercise:

function high($sentence)
{
    $alphabet = ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f', 'g', 'h', 'i', 'j', 'k', 'l', 'm', 'n', 'ñ', 'o', 'p', 'q', 'r', 't', 'u', 'v', 'w', 'x', 'y', 'z'];
    $alphabet = array_flip($alphabet);

    $words = explode(" ", $sentence);

    foreach ($words as $word) {
        $letters = str_split($word);
        $points = 0;
        foreach ($letters as $letter)
            $points += $alphabet[$letter];
        $score[$word] = $points;
    }

    $value = max($score);
    $key = array_search($value, $score);

    return $key;
}

echo high("what time are we climbing up the volcano");

Find largest number without using built-in functions in PHP

<?php
    $array = array(1,2,3);
    $flag = 0;
    foreach($array as $key=>$val){
        if($val > $flag){
           $flag = $val;
        }
        echo "Max value with each iteration: ".$flag."<br/>";
    }
    echo "Final max value: ".$flag;
    ?>