php array search multiple values code example

Example 1: php search multidimensional array for multiple values

/**
   * PHP Search an Array for multiple key / value pairs
   */

  function multi_array_search($array, $search) {
    // Create the result array
    $result = array();

    // Iterate over each array element
    foreach ($array as $key => $value){

      // Iterate over each search condition
      foreach ($search as $k => $v){

        // If the array element does not meet the search condition then continue to the next element
        if (!isset($value[$k]) || $value[$k] != $v){
          continue 2;
        }
      }
      // Add the array element's key to the result array
      $result[] = $key;
    }

    // Return the result array
    return $result;
  }

  // Output the result
  print_r(multi_array_search($list_of_phones, array()));

  // Array ( [0] => 0 [1] => 1 )

  // Output the result
  print_r(multi_array_search($list_of_phones, array('Manufacturer' => 'Apple')));

  // Array ( [0] => 0 )

  // Output the result
  print_r(multi_array_search($list_of_phones, array('Manufacturer' => 'Apple', 'Model' => 'iPhone 6')));

  // Array ( )

Example 2: multiple value match in array php

if (in_array('a', $array_under_test) || in_array('b', $array_under_test)) {
  // Success!
}

Example 3: multiple value match in array php

$uniqueKeys = array_unique($list[0])

foreach ($uniqueKeys as $uniqueKey)
{
  $v = array_keys($list[0], $uniqueKey);

  if (count($v) > 1)
  {
    foreach ($v as $key)
    {
      // Work with $list[0][$key]
    }

  }
}