- var_dump: documentation ( source)
<?php
$array = array(array('name' => 'Bob', 'alive' => false), array('Name' => 'Jim', 'alive' => true), array('Name' => 'Alice', 'alive' => false));
function array_find($arr, $key, $val){
$ret = [];
foreach($arr as $elem ){
if($elem[$key] == $val){
$ret []= $elem;
}
}
return $ret;
}
var_dump(array_find($array, 'alive', false));