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14 years ago
This is another way to get value from a multidimensional array, but for versions of php >= 5.3.x
<?php
/**
 * Get all values from specific key in a multidimensional array
 *
 * @param $key string
 * @param $arr array
 * @return null|string|array
 */
function array_value_recursive($key, array $arr){
    $val = array();
    array_walk_recursive($arr, function($v, $k) use($key, &$val){
        if($k == $key) array_push($val, $v);
    });
    return count($val) > 1 ? $val : array_pop($val);
}

$arr = array(
    'foo' => 'foo',
    'bar' => array(
        'baz' => 'baz',
        'candy' => 'candy',
        'vegetable' => array(
            'carrot' => 'carrot',
        )
    ),
    'vegetable' => array(
        'carrot' => 'carrot2',
    ),
    'fruits' => 'fruits',
);

var_dump(array_value_recursive('carrot', $arr)); // array(2) { [0]=> string(6) "carrot" [1]=> string(7) "carrot2" }
var_dump(array_value_recursive('apple', $arr)); // null
var_dump(array_value_recursive('baz', $arr)); // string(3) "baz"
var_dump(array_value_recursive('candy', $arr)); // string(5) "candy"
var_dump(array_value_recursive('pear', $arr)); // null
?>
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