note 66806 deleted from function.is-array by tularis
| From: | tularis@php.net | Date: | Sun, 09 Oct 2011 09:26:25 +0000 |
| Subject: | note 66806 deleted from function.is-array by tularis | ||
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Note Submitter: jupiter at nospam dot com
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Will check a Multi-Dimentional Array to any specified level. This is a fix to 11/16/05 submission,
which would break since you must supply a foreach with an array. Beware recursive functions
shouldn't go over 100 deep or could break the memory stack on server.
<?php
// checks for multiarray to defined depth level recursively
function isDeepMultiArray($multiarray, $level = 2) { // default is simple multi-array
if (is_array($multiarray)) { // confirms array
if ($level == 1) { // is array only 1 level deep, hence not multiarray
return true;
} // end conditional
foreach ($multiarray as $array) { // goes one level deeper
if (isDeepMultiArray($array, $level - 1)) { // check subarray
return true;
} // end recursive function
} // end loop
} else { // not an array at specified level
return false;
}
}
?>
BTW my notation is consistent with the PEAR manual on coding standards, which is what php.net says
to follow. I hope a function like this gets included in PHP6.