Check if a specific value exists at a specific key in any subarray of a multidimensional array

Question

I need to search a multidimensional array for a specific value in any of the indexed subarrays.

In other words, I need to check a single column of the multidimension

Answer 1

Try with this below code. It should be working fine for any kind of multidimensional array search.

Here you can see LIVE DEMO EXAMPLE

function multi_array_search($search_for, $search_in) {
    foreach ($search_in as $element) {
        if ( ($element === $search_for) ){
            return true;
        }elseif(is_array($element)){
            $result = multi_array_search($search_for, $element);
            if($result == true)
                return true;
        }
    }
    return false;
}