Checking if array is multidimensional or not?

Question

1. What is the most efficient way to check if an array is a flat array of primitive values or if it is a multidimensional array?

Answer 1

You can also do a simple check like this:

$array = array('yo'=>'dream', 'mydear'=> array('anotherYo'=>'dream'));
$array1 = array('yo'=>'dream', 'mydear'=> 'not_array');

function is_multi_dimensional($array){
    $flag = 0;
    while(list($k,$value)=each($array)){
        if(is_array($value))
            $flag = 1;
    }
    return $flag;
}
echo is_multi_dimensional($array); // returns 1
echo is_multi_dimensional($array1); // returns 0