- var_dump: documentation ( source)
- array_column: documentation ( source)
- array_search: documentation ( source)
<?php
$array_subjected_to_search =array(
array(
'name' => 'flash',
'type' => 'hero'
),
array(
'name' => 'zoom',
'type' => 'villian'
),
array(
'name' => 'snart',
'type' => 'antihero'
)
);
$key = array_search('snart', array_column($array_subjected_to_search, 'name'));
var_dump($array_subjected_to_search[$key]);