note 57096 deleted from function.in-array by felipe

Note Submitter: wcc at techmonkeys dot org 

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<?php
/**
 * Search for a key and value pair in the second level of a multi-dimensional array.
 *
 * @param array multi-dimensional array to search
 * @param string key name for which to search
 * @param mixed value for which to search
 * @param boolean preform strict comparison
 * @return boolean found
 * @access public
 */   
function findKeyValuePair($multiArray, $keyName, $value, $strict = false)
{
    /* Doing this test here makes for a bit of redundant code, but
     * improves the speed greatly, as it is not being preformed on every
     * iteration of the loop.
     */
    if (!$strict)
    {
        foreach ($multiArray as $multiArrayKey => $childArray)
        {
            if (array_key_exists($keyName, $childArray) &&
                $childArray[$keyName] == $value)
            {
                return true;
            }
        }
    }
    else
    {
        foreach ($multiArray as $multiArrayKey => $childArray)
        {
            if (array_key_exists($keyName, $childArray) &&
                $childArray[$keyName] === $value)
            {
                return true;
            }
        }
    }

    return false;
}
?>