<?php if (! function_exists('dot_array_search')) { /** * Searches an array through dot syntax. Supports * wildcard searches, like foo.*.bar * * @param string $index * @param array $array * * @return mixed|null */ function dot_array_search(string $index, array $array) { $segments = explode('.', rtrim(rtrim($index, '* '), '.')); return _array_search_dot($segments, $array); } } if (! function_exists('_array_search_dot')) { /** * Used by dot_array_search to recursively search the * array with wildcards. * * @param array $indexes * @param array $array * * @return mixed|null */ function _array_search_dot(array $indexes, array $array) { // Grab the current index $currentIndex = $indexes ? array_shift($indexes) : null; if (empty($currentIndex) || (! isset($array[$currentIndex]) && $currentIndex !== '*')) { return null; } // Handle Wildcard (*) if ($currentIndex === '*') { // If $array has more than 1 item, we have to loop over each. if (is_array($array)) { foreach ($array as $key => $value) { $answer = _array_search_dot($indexes, $value); if ($answer !== null) { return $answer; } } // Still here after searching all child nodes? return null; } } // If this is the last index, make sure to return it now, // and not try to recurse through things. if (empty($indexes)) { return $array[$currentIndex]; } // Do we need to recursively search this value? if (is_array($array[$currentIndex]) && $array[$currentIndex]) { return _array_search_dot($indexes, $array[$currentIndex]); } // Otherwise we've found our match! return $array[$currentIndex]; } }