# in_array

(PHP 4, PHP 5)

in_array — Checks if a value exists in an array

### Description

bool in_array ( mixed `$needle` , array `$haystack` [, bool `$strict` ] )

Searches `haystack` for `needle` and returns `TRUE` if it is found in the array, `FALSE` otherwise.

If the third parameter `strict` is set to `TRUE` then the in_array() function will also check the types of the `needle` in the `haystack` .

> Note: If `needle` is a string, the comparison is done in a case-sensitive manner.

> Note: In PHP versions before 4.2.0 `needle` was not allowed to be an array.

Example#1 in_array() example

`<?php
$os = array("Mac", "NT", "Irix", "Linux");
if (in_array("Irix", $os)) {
echo "Got Irix";
}
if (in_array("mac", $os)) {
echo "Got mac";
}
?>`

The second condition fails because in_array() is case-sensitive, so the program above will display:

    Got Irix

Example#2 in_array() with strict example

`<?php
$a = array('1.10', 12.4, 1.13);
if (in_array('12.4', $a, true)) {
echo "'12.4' found with strict check\n";
}
if (in_array(1.13, $a, true)) {
echo "1.13 found with strict check\n";
}
?>`

The above example will output:

    1.13 found with strict check

Example#3 in_array() with an array as needle

`<?php
$a = array(array('p', 'h'), array('p', 'r'), 'o');
if (in_array(array('p', 'h'), $a)) {
echo "'ph' was found\n";
}
if (in_array(array('f', 'i'), $a)) {
echo "'fi' was found\n";
}
if (in_array('o', $a)) {
echo "'o' was found\n";
}
?>`

The above example will output:

      'ph' was found
      'o' was found

See also array_search(), array_key_exists(), and isset().