我相信你现在可以使用array_key_exists:

<?php
$a=array("Mac"=>"NT","Irix"=>"Linux");
if (array_key_exists("Mac",$a))
  {
  echo "Key exists!";
  }
else
  {
  echo "Key does not exist!";
  }
?>

我发现下面的解决方案不是很干净的代码，但它的工作。它被用作递归函数。

function in_array_multi( $needle, $array, $strict = false ) {
  foreach( $array as $value ) { // Loop thorugh all values
    // Check if value is aswell an array
    if( is_array( $value )) {
      // Recursive use of this function
      if(in_array_multi( $needle, $value )) {
        return true; // Break loop and return true
      }
    } else {
      // Check if value is equal to needle
      if( $strict === true ) {
        if(strtolower($value) === strtolower($needle)) {
          return true; // Break loop and return true
        }
      }else {
        if(strtolower($value) == strtolower($needle)) {
          return true; // Break loop and return true
        }
      }
    }
  }

  return false; // Nothing found, false
}

那么array_search呢?根据https://gist.github.com/Ocramius/1290076的说法，似乎比foreach快得多。

if( array_search("Irix", $a) === true) 
{
    echo "Got Irix";
}

我相信你现在可以使用array_key_exists:

<?php
$a=array("Mac"=>"NT","Irix"=>"Linux");
if (array_key_exists("Mac",$a))
  {
  echo "Key exists!";
  }
else
  {
  echo "Key does not exist!";
  }
?>

我正在寻找一个函数，它可以让我在数组(干草堆)中搜索字符串和数组(如针)，所以我通过@jwueller添加到答案中。

这是我的代码:

/**
 * Recursive in_array function
 * Searches recursively for needle in an array (haystack).
 * Works with both strings and arrays as needle.
 * Both needle's and haystack's keys are ignored, only values are compared.
 * Note: if needle is an array, all values in needle have to be found for it to
 * return true. If one value is not found, false is returned.
 * @param  mixed   $needle   The array or string to be found
 * @param  array   $haystack The array to be searched in
 * @param  boolean $strict   Use strict value & type validation (===) or just value
 * @return boolean           True if in array, false if not.
 */
function in_array_r($needle, $haystack, $strict = false) {
     // array wrapper
    if (is_array($needle)) {
        foreach ($needle as $value) {
            if (in_array_r($value, $haystack, $strict) == false) {
                // an array value was not found, stop search, return false
                return false;
            }
        }
        // if the code reaches this point, all values in array have been found
        return true;
    }

    // string handling
    foreach ($haystack as $item) {
        if (($strict ? $item === $needle : $item == $needle)
            || (is_array($item) && in_array_r($needle, $item, $strict))) {
            return true;
        }
    }
    return false;
}

它也可以从原来的数组中创建一个新的单维数组。

$arr = array("key1"=>"value1","key2"=>"value2","key3"=>"value3");

foreach ($arr as $row)  $vector[] = $row['key1'];

in_array($needle,$vector);