Check if specific array key exists in multidimensional array - PHP

Question

I have a multidimensional array e.g. (this can be many levels deep):

$array = Array ( 
    [21] => Array ( ) 
    [24] => Array ( 
        [22] => A         


        

Answer 1

function findKey($array, $keySearch)
{
    // check if it's even an array
    if (!is_array($array)) return false;

    // key exists
    if (array_key_exists($keySearch, $array)) return true;

    // key isn't in this array, go deeper
    foreach($array as $key => $val)
    {
        // return true if it's found
        if (findKey($val, $keySearch)) return true;
    }

    return false;
}

// test
$array = Array ( 
    21 => Array ( 24 => 'ok' ),
    24 => Array ( 
        22 => Array ( 29 => 'ok' ),
        25 => Array ( 
            26 => Array ( 32 => 'ok' ) 
        )
    )
);

$findKeys = Array(21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30);
foreach ($findKeys as $key)
{
    echo (findKey($array, $key)) ? 'found ' : 'not found ';
    echo $key.'
';
}