note 114936 added to function.array-product

array_product() can be used to implement a simple boolean AND search <?php $args = array('first_name'=>'Bill','last_name'=>'Buzzard'); $values[] = array('first_name'=>'Brenda','last_name'=>'Buzzard'); $values[] = array('first_name'=>'Victor','last_name'=>'Vulture'); $values[] = array('first_name'=>'Bill','last_name'=>'Blue Jay'); $values[] = array('first_name'=>'Bill','last_name'=>'Buzzard'); $result = search_for($values,$args); var_dump($result);exit; function search_for($array,$args) { $results = array(); foreach ($array as $row) { $found = false; $hits = array(); foreach ($row as $k => $v) { if (array_key_exists($k,$args)) $hits[$k] = ($args[$k] == $v); } $found = array_product($hits); if (!in_array($row,$results) && true == $found) $results[] = $row; } return $results; } ?> Output: array (size=1) 0 => array (size=2) 'first_name' => string 'Bill' (length=4) 'last_name' => string 'Buzzard' (length=7) ---- Server IP: 72.52.91.14 Probable Submitter: 24.89.139.58 ---- Manual Page -- http://php.net/manual/en/function.array-product.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/114936 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/114936/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/114936/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/114936/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/114936/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/114936/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/114936/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/114936 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/114936 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php