array_key_exists is not working
array_key_exists does NOT work recursive (as Matti Virkkunen already pointed out). Have a look at the PHP manual, there is the following piece of code you can use to perform a recursive search:
<?php
function array_key_exists_r($needle, $haystack)
{
$result = array_key_exists($needle, $haystack);
if ($result) return $result;
foreach ($haystack as $v) {
if (is_array($v)) {
$result = array_key_exists_r($needle, $v);
}
if ($result) return $result;
}
return $result;
}
array_key_exists doesn't work on multidimensionaml arrays. if you want to do so, you have to write your own function like this:
function array_key_exists_multi($n, $arr) {
foreach ($arr as $key=>$val) {
if ($n===$key) {
return $key;
}
if (is_array($val)) {
if(multi_array_key_exists($n, $val)) {
return $key . ":" . array_key_exists_multi($n, $val);
}
}
}
return false;
}
this returns false
if the key isn't found or a string containing the "location" of the key in that array (like 2:23:test
) if it's found.
$test_found = false;
array_walk_recursive($arr,
function($v, $k) use (&$test_found)
{
$test_found |= ($k == 'test');
});
This requires PHP 5.3 or later.