Search Multidimensional / Nested Array

/** * Searches an array for a specific key/value pair * * @param array $array The array to be searched * @param string $key The key part of the search * @param string $value The value part of the search * * @return array An array of matching elements */ private function search_array( $array, $key, $value ) { $results = array(); if ( is_array( $array ) ) { if ( isset( $array[ $key ] ) && $array[ $key ] == $value ) { $results[] = $array; } foreach ( $array as $subarray ) { $results = array_merge( $results, $this->search_array( $subarray, $key, $value ) ); } } return $results; }