php - Searching in an Array -


i have array:

$fruits = array(     [0] => array('name'=>'banana', 'color'=>'yellow' , 'shape'=>'cylinder'),     [1] => array('name'=>'apple', 'color'=>'red' , 'shape'=>'sphere'),     [2] => array('name'=>'orange', 'color'=>'orange' , 'shape'=>'sphere')      ) 

how can find out if array $fruits contains apple in it?

i have tried: in_array("apple", $fruits) , didn't work out.

i tried various syntax , messed bit array_key_exists(), nothing worked out. ideas?

php notoriously unwieldy in such cases. best all-around solution simple foreach:

$found = false; foreach ($fruits $fruit) {     if ($fruit['name'] == 'apple') {         $found = true;         break;     } }  if ($found) .... 

you can write in number of sexier ways, of them require additional memory allocation and/or slower; number of them more difficult understand if not experienced.


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