Question

array:

array(
      ['name'=>'kevin','value'=>'10'],
      ['name'=>'sam','value'=>'20']
     );

how can i return value where name=’sam’ for example ?

and what how can i do it in even deeper array

array(
      [0]=>array( 'inputs'=>
                    array(['name'=>'kevin','value'=>'10'],['name'=>'sam','value'=>'20']
                 ),
      [1]=>array( 'inputs'=>
                    array(['name'=>'kim','value'=>'10'],['name'=>'kirki','value'=>'20']
                 )
     );

Answer 1

you need a recursive array_search – all answers above handle an exact amount of depth (in this case 2) only.

something like

function recursive_array_search($needle,$haystack) {
  foreach ($haystack as $key=>$value) {
    if ($needle===$value OR (is_array($value) && recursive_array_search($needle,$value) !== false)) {
        return $value['value'];
    }
  }
  return false;
}

recursive_array_search('sam', $start_array);