in_array in_array (PHP 4 , PHP 5)
in_array -- Return
TRUE if a value exists in an array
Description bool
in_array ( mixed needle, array haystack [, bool strict])
Searches haystack for
needle and returns TRUE
if it is found in the array, FALSE otherwise.
If the third parameter strict is set to
TRUE then the in_array() function
will also check the types of
the needle in the haystack .
Notã:
If needle is a string, the comparison is done in
a case-sensitive manner.
Notã:
In PHP versions before 4.2.0 needle was not
allowed to be an array.
Exemplu 1. in_array() example
$os = array ("Mac", "NT", "Irix", "Linux"); if (in_array ("Irix", $os)) { print "Got Irix"; } if (in_array ("mac", $os)) { print "Got mac"; }
The second condition fails because in_array()
is case-sensitive, so the program above will display:
Exemplu 2. in_array() with strict example
<?php $a = array( '1.10' , 12.4 , 1.13 ); if ( in_array ( '12.4' , $a , TRUE )) echo "'12.4' found with strict check\n" ; if ( in_array ( 1.13 , $a , TRUE )) echo "1.13 found with strict check\n" ; ?>
This will display:
1.13 found with strict check
Exemplu 3. in_array() with an array as needle
<?php $a = array(array( 'p' , 'h' ), array( 'p' , 'r' ), 'o' ); if ( in_array (array ( 'p' , 'h' ), $a )) echo "'ph' is found\n" ; if ( in_array (array ( 'f' , 'i' ), $a )) echo "'fi' is not found\n" ; if ( in_array ( 'o' , $a )) echo "'o' is found\n" ; ?> // This will output: 'ph' is found 'o' is found
See also array_search() .