note 57991 deleted from function.in-array by felipe

Note Submitter: adunaphel at il dot fontys dot nl 

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a rewrite of alex at alexelectronics dot com's code, with the strict option added and some slight improvements in speed and readability:
<?php
  function in_multi_array ($needle, $haystack, $strict) {
    if ($strict) {
      foreach ($haystack as $item) {
        if (is_array ($item)) {
          if (in_multi_array ($needle, $item, $strict)) {
            return true;
          }
        } else {
          if ($needle === $item) {
            return true;
          }
        }
      }
    } else {
      foreach ($haystack as $item) {
        if (is_array ($item)) {
          if (in_multi_array ($needle, $item, $strict)) {
            return true;
          }
        } else {
          if ($needle == $item) {
            return true;
          }
        }
      }
    }
    return false;
  }
?>