[OpenLayers-Users] search feature to apposite attribute

[Maren Kiehl]

Hi at all.

I'm searching for a function which can identify a feature by searching 
an attribute-value.
I have the name of a feature-attribute (feature.attributes.name) and 
wanna search the apposite feature. After that I wanna zoom to the center 
of this feature 
(map.setCenter(feature.geometry.getBounds().getCenterLonLat(), zoom);). 
I dont know how to set the feature by knowing the attribute. I get the 
attribute-value from a php-value in another page. By clicking a link on 
this page a window opens and shows a little map with the feature-point 
in the center of it. Everything works except for the last step.
Does somebody know a function like this?

Thanks for your support.
Best regards,
Maren