Searching in multi dimensional array using array_search

Question

I have an array with the following setup:

array(
 array(
  'product_id' => 733
 ),
 array(
  'product_name' => Example
 )
)

I want to check that 733 exists in my array which I need to use array_search (going by googling) as in_array doesn't work on m-d arrays.

My code is:

$key = array_search( '733', array_column( $items, 'product_id' ) );

If I var_dump the $items array I can see the product_id

I want to check the specific ID exists in the array and then perform other code.

try this solution ==> https://stackoverflow.com/a/6661561/1969866 — Narayan, May 25 '17 at 09:53
try `array_values` function https://www.w3schools.com/php/func_array_values.asp — aslantorret, May 25 '17 at 09:57
you can try in_array with array_column. have a look at https://3v4l.org/OOoYd — Chetan Ameta, May 25 '17 at 10:08

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered May 25 '17 at 09:59

So basically you want to check that given product-id exist in your multidimensional array or not?

You can do it like below:-

<?php

$items = array(
 array(
  'product_id' => 733
 ),
 array(
  'product_name' => Example
 )
);
function searchForId($id, $array) {
   foreach ($array as $key => $val) {
       if (!empty($val['product_id']) && $val['product_id'] == $id) {
           return "true"; // or return key according to your wish
       }
   }
   return "false";
}
echo $found = searchForId(733, $items);

Output:- https://eval.in/805075

Reference taken:- https://stackoverflow.com/a/6661561/4248328

was waiting for the minimum time to pass, now done :) – Gareth Gillman May 25 '17 at 10:10 — Gareth Gillman, May 25 '17 at 10:10

Searching in multi dimensional array using array_search

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