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>in_array</H1
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>    (PHP 4 )</P
>in_array&nbsp;--&nbsp;Return <TT
CLASS="constant"
><B
>TRUE</B
></TT
> if a value exists in an array</DIV
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>bool <B
CLASS="methodname"
>in_array</B
> ( mixed needle, array haystack [, bool strict])<BR
></BR
><P
>&#13;     Searches <TT
CLASS="parameter"
><I
>haystack</I
></TT
> for
     <TT
CLASS="parameter"
><I
>needle</I
></TT
> and returns <TT
CLASS="constant"
><B
>TRUE</B
></TT
>
     if it is found in the array, <TT
CLASS="constant"
><B
>FALSE</B
></TT
> otherwise.
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>&#13;     If the third parameter <TT
CLASS="parameter"
><I
>strict</I
></TT
> is set to
     <TT
CLASS="constant"
><B
>TRUE</B
></TT
> then the <B
CLASS="function"
>in_array()</B
> function
     will also check the <A
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>types</A
> of
     the <TT
CLASS="parameter"
><I
>needle</I
></TT
> in the <TT
CLASS="parameter"
><I
>haystack</I
></TT
>.
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><B
>Note: </B
>
      If <TT
CLASS="parameter"
><I
>needle</I
></TT
> is a string, the comparison is done in
      a case-sensitive manner.
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><B
>Note: </B
>
      In PHP versions before 4.2.0 <TT
CLASS="parameter"
><I
>needle</I
></TT
> was not
      allowed to be an array.
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>Example 1. <B
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>in_array()</B
> example</B
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>$os = array ("Mac", "NT", "Irix", "Linux");
if (in_array ("Irix", $os)) {
    print "Got Irix";
}
if (in_array ("mac", $os)) {
    print "Got mac";
}</PRE
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>&#13;       The second condition fails because <B
CLASS="function"
>in_array()</B
>
       is case-sensitive, so the program above will display:
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>Got Irix</PRE
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>Example 2. <B
CLASS="function"
>in_array()</B
> with strict example</B
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>&#60;?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, $a, TRUE))
    echo "1.13 found with strict check\n";
?&#62;</PRE
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>&#13;       This will display:
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>1.13 found with strict check</PRE
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><B
>Example 3. <B
CLASS="function"
>in_array()</B
> with an array as needle</B
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$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";
?&#62;

// This will output:

'ph' was found
'o' was found</PRE
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>&#13;     See also <A
HREF="function.array-search.html"
><B
CLASS="function"
>array_search()</B
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