Return index of highest value in an array

Question

From an array that looks something like the following  how can I get the index of the highest value in the array  For the array below  the desired result would be  11    Array        11    gt  14      10    gt  9      12    gt  7      13    gt  7      14    gt  4      15    gt  6

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My solution is    maxs   array keys  array  max  array     Note   this way you can retrieve every key related to a given max value     If you are interested only in one key among all simply use  maxs 0

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newarr arsort  arr    max key array shift array keys  new arr

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I know it s already answered but here is a solution I find more elegant   arsort  array   reset  array   echo key  array     and voila

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Function taken from http   www php net manual en function max php  function max key  array        foreach   array as  key   gt   val            if   val    max  array   return  key             arr   array        11    gt  14       10    gt  9       12    gt  7       13    gt  7       14    gt  4       15    gt  6     die var dump max key  arr       Works like a charm

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My solution to get the higher key is as follows    max array keys  values  Users

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Other answers may have shorter code but this one should be the most efficient and is easy to understand          Get key of the max value        var array  array     return mixed    function array key max value  array         max   null       result   null      foreach   array as  key   gt   value            if   max     null     value  gt   max                 result    key               max    value                       return  result

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lt  php   array   array 11   gt  14                 10   gt  9                 12   gt  7                 13   gt  7                 14   gt  4                 15   gt  6    echo array search max  array    array      gt    array search   return values   Returns the key for needle if it is found in the array  FALSE otherwise   If needle is found in haystack more than once  the first matching key is returned  To return the keys for all matching values  use array keys   with the optional search value parameter instead

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Something like this should do the trick  function array max key  array       max key   -1     max val   -1     foreach   array as  key   gt   value        if   value  gt   max val           max key    key         max val    value               return  max key

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