php - Check If In_Array (in Recursive Associative Array)

Question

I have an array similar to this:

array(2) {
  [0]=>
  array(2) {
    ["code"]=>
    string(2) "en"
    ["name"]=>
    string(7) "English"
  }
  [1]=>
  array(2) {
    ["code"]=>
    string(2) "bg"
    ["name"]=>
    string(9) "Bulgarian"
  }
}

How do I check if the string Bulgarian is part of the above array, or alternatively if the lang code 'en' is part of the array? It would be great if I didn't have to use foreach to loop through the entire array and compare the string with each element['code'] or element['name'].

Answer 1

// $type could be code or name
function check_in_array($arr, $value, $type = "code") {
  return count(array_filter($arr, function($var) use ($type, $value) {
    return $var[$type] === $value;
  })) !== 0;
}