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in_array

Name

in_array — Searches an array for an occurrence of a given value.

Synopsis

bool in_array(target, array[, compare_types]); mixed target: Value for which to search array array: Array in which to search for target bool compare_types (optional): Whether to compare types or just values

Returns

TRUE if the target value exists within the given array; FALSE otherwise

Description

This function searches through array for an element with the value given by target . If compare_types is given and is TRUE, elements match only if they have the same value and type as target ; otherwise, only the values need to match.

Version

PHP 4

Example

Example 47. Check for the existence of a value within an array

$array = array(1, 2, '3', 4);
if (in_array(3, $array)) {
    echo "Found.\n";
} else {
    echo "Not found.\n";
}

if (in_array(3, $array, TRUE)) {
    echo "Found.\n";
} else {
    echo "Not found.\n";
}

Output:
Found.
Not found.

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