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{ php }
	array_search_recursive
date	2004
update	2004
code	<?php function array_search_recursive($search,$array,$ret=array()) { //coded by Ichier 2004 $res = array_search($search,$array); if($res!==false) { $ret[] = $res; return $ret; } else { foreach($array as $key=>$val) { if(is_array($val)) { $rett = $ret; $rett[] = $key; $res = array_search_recursive($search,$val,$rett); if($res!==false) { return $res; } } } } return false; } ?>
description	search for a value in an array recursively and return the keys to first match in an onedimensional array where every value is the key of the netxt depth returns false if nothing is found
syntax	`<?php array = array_search_recursive(string needle, array haystack); ?>`
explanation	$search is the needle, $array is the array to search in suppose you have the array: <?php $array[0]["personal"]["name"] = "Niko"; $array[0]["personal"]["age"] = 25; $array[0]["personal"]["town"] = "Berlin"; $array[0]["personal"]["family"][0]["Name"] = "Anna"; $array[0]["personal"]["family"][0]["age"] = 2; $array[0]["personal"]["family"][0]["gender"] = "f"; $array[0]["personal"]["family"][1]["Name"] = "Andi"; $array[0]["personal"]["family"][1]["age"] = 23; $array[0]["personal"]["family"][1]["gender"] = "m"; $array[0]["hobbies"][0] = "Music"; $array[0]["hobbies"][1] = "Literature"; $array[0]["hobbies"][2] = "Andi"; ?> and you was searchiong for "Andi": `<?php $array = array_search_recursive("Andi",$array); ?>` you would get: `<?php $array[0] = 0; $array[1] = "personal"; $array[2] = "family"; $array[3] = 1; $array[4] = "Name"; ?>`