PHP in_array() not finding value [duplicate] - php

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in_array() and multidimensional array
Got the following array returned from a database using this code:
$skus = array();
$result = mysql_query($sql);
if($result){
while($rows = mysql_fetch_array($result)){
$skus[]=$rows;
}
}
Results:
Array (
[0] => Array {
[0] => PUBELI
[group_sku] => PUBELI
)
[1] => Array (
[0] => PUBESSENTIALS
[group_sku] => PUBESSENTIALS
)
[2] => Array (
[0] => PUBMGRPROGROUPED
[group_sku] => PUBMGRPROGROUPED
)
[3] => Array (
[0] => PUB25GROUPED
[group_sku] => PUB25GROUPED
)
)
I'm looking for this value using in_array:
if (in_array('PUBESSENTIALS', $skus))
and it returns false. Am I doing this correctly?
Why would the array values not be enclosed in quotes if the values in the DB are strings?

Answer 1

Don't use PHP if you may do something with MySql!
Try this solution:
$sql = "SELECT * FROM table WHERE str = 'PUBESSENTIALS'"; // some query just add WHERE
$result = mysql_query($sql);
if($result) $Row = mysql_fetch_array($result)

Answer 2

Assuming $skus is the full array shown above, then 'PUBESSENTIALS' would not be in $skus, because $sku's contains child arrays.
However, in_array('PUBESSENTIALS', $skus[1]) would return true.
try looping through each $skus element, and then checking that child element for in_array(value, childArray)

Answer 3

You are only looking into the first array, and not any other array. You should look through each to test every sub-array. Something like this could do the job:
foreach($skus as $sku) {
if (in_array('PUBESSENTIALS', $sku)) {
return true;
}
}