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;
}

更短的版本，用于基于数据库结果集创建的多维数组。

function in_array_r($array, $field, $find){
    foreach($array as $item){
        if($item[$field] == $find) return true;
    }
    return false;
}

$is_found = in_array_r($os_list, 'os_version', 'XP');

如果$os_list数组在os_version字段中包含'XP'则返回。

jwueller所接受的解决方案(在撰写本文时)

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

    return false;
}

完全正确，但在进行弱比较(参数$strict = false)时可能会出现意外行为。

由于PHP在比较不同类型的值时的类型杂耍

"example" == 0

and

0 == "example"

计算值为true，因为"example"被强制转换为int并转换为0。

(参见为什么PHP认为0等于一个字符串?)

如果这不是理想的行为，在进行非严格比较之前，可以方便地将数值转换为字符串:

function in_array_r($needle, $haystack, $strict = false) {
    foreach ($haystack as $item) {

        if( ! $strict && is_string( $needle ) && ( is_float( $item ) || is_int( $item ) ) ) {
            $item = (string)$item;
        }

        if (($strict ? $item === $needle : $item == $needle) || (is_array($item) && in_array_r($needle, $item, $strict))) {
            return true;
        }
    }

    return false;
}

这是我在in_array的php手册中找到的第一个此类函数。评论区的函数并不总是最好的，但如果它不能做到这一点，你也可以在那里看看:)

<?php
function in_multiarray($elem, $array)
    {
        // if the $array is an array or is an object
         if( is_array( $array ) || is_object( $array ) )
         {
             // if $elem is in $array object
             if( is_object( $array ) )
             {
                 $temp_array = get_object_vars( $array );
                 if( in_array( $elem, $temp_array ) )
                     return TRUE;
             }

             // if $elem is in $array return true
             if( is_array( $array ) && in_array( $elem, $array ) )
                 return TRUE;


             // if $elem isn't in $array, then check foreach element
             foreach( $array as $array_element )
             {
                 // if $array_element is an array or is an object call the in_multiarray function to this element
                 // if in_multiarray returns TRUE, than return is in array, else check next element
                 if( ( is_array( $array_element ) || is_object( $array_element ) ) && $this->in_multiarray( $elem, $array_element ) )
                 {
                     return TRUE;
                     exit;
                 }
             }
         }

         // if isn't in array return FALSE
         return FALSE;
    }
?>

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!";
  }
?>

$userdb = Array
(
    (0) => Array
        (
            ('uid') => '100',
            ('name') => 'Sandra Shush',
            ('url') => 'urlof100'
        ),

    (1) => Array
        (
            ('uid') => '5465',
            ('name') => 'Stefanie Mcmohn',
            ('url') => 'urlof5465'
        ),

    (2) => Array
        (
            ('uid') => '40489',
            ('name') => 'Michael',
            ('url') => 'urlof40489'
        )
);

$url_in_array = in_array('urlof5465', array_column($userdb, 'url'));

if($url_in_array) {
    echo 'value is in multidim array';
}
else {
    echo 'value is not in multidim array';
}