Online PHP editor | refs for aAZPP

<?php $in = [ ['id' => 1, 'currency' => 'EUR', 'name' => 'NL'], ['id' => 2, 'currency' => 'EUR', 'name' => 'DE'], ['id' => 3, 'currency' => 'EUR', 'name' => 'FR'], ['id' => 4, 'currency' => 'EUR', 'name' => 'BE'], ['id' => 5, 'currency' => 'USD', 'name' => 'US'], ['id' => 6, 'currency' => 'Rand', 'name' => 'SAF'], ['id' => 7, 'currency' => 'Rubbles', 'name' => 'RUS'], ['id' => 8, 'currency' => 'EUR', 'name' => 'IT'], ['id' => 9, 'currency' => 'Pound', 'name' => 'GB'], ]; $query = ['currency' => 'EUR', 'id' => 8]; //search needles $out = array_filter($in, function(array $candidate) use ($query) { foreach ($query as $key => $predicate) { if (isset($candidate[$key]) && $candidate[$key] !== $predicate) { return false; } } return true; }); print_r($out);