How to check if a value exists in a Multidimensional array - php

Question

I have an Multidimensional array that takes a similar form to this array bellow.
$shop = array( array( Title => "rose",
Price => 1.25,
Number => 15
),
array( Title => "daisy",
Price => 0.75,
Number => 25,
),
array( Title => "orchid",
Price => 1.15,
Number => 7
)
);
I would like to see if a value I'm looking for is in the array, and if so, return the position of the element in the array.

Answer 1

Here's a function off the PHP Manual and in the comment section.. Works like a charm.
<?php
function recursive_array_search($needle,$haystack) {
foreach($haystack as $key=>$value) {
$current_key=$key;
if($needle===$value OR (is_array($value) && recursive_array_search($needle,$value) !== false)) {
return $current_key;
}
}
return false;
}
Found this function in the PHP docs: http://www.php.net/array_search

Answer 2

A more naive approach than the one showed by Zander, you can hold a reference to the outer key and inner key in a foreach loop and store them.
$outer = "";
$inner = "";
foreach($shop as $outer_key => $inner_array){
foreach($inner_array as $inner_key => $value) {
if($value == "rose") {
$outer = $outer_key;
$inner = $inner_key;
break 2;
}
}
}
if(!empty($outer)) echo $shop[$outer][$inner];
else echo "value not found";

Answer 3

You can use array_map with in_array and return the keys you want
$search = 1.25;
print_r(
array_filter(array_map(function($a){
if (in_array($search, $a)){
return $a;
}
}, $shop))
);
Will print:
Array
(
[0] => Array
(
[Title] => rose
[Price] => 1.25
[Number] => 15
)
)

Answer 4

php >= 5.5
$shop = array( array( 'Title' => "rose",
'Price' => 1.25,
'Number' => 15
),
array( 'Title' => "daisy",
'Price' => 0.75,
'Number' => 25,
),
array( 'Title' => "orchid",
'Price' => 1.15,
'Number' => 7
)
);
$titles = array_column($shop,'Title');
if(!empty($titles['rose']) && $titles['rose'] == 'YOUR_SEARCH_VALUE'){
//do the stuff
}