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in_array() and multidimensional array

Got the following array returned from a database using this code:

$skus = array();
$result = mysql_query($sql);
if($result){
  while($rows = mysql_fetch_array($result)){
      $skus[]=$rows;
  }
}

Results:

Array (
    [0] => Array {
            [0] => PUBELI
            [group_sku] => PUBELI
        )
    [1] => Array (
            [0] => PUBESSENTIALS
            [group_sku] => PUBESSENTIALS
        )
    [2] => Array (
            [0] => PUBMGRPROGROUPED
            [group_sku] => PUBMGRPROGROUPED
        )
    [3] => Array (
            [0] => PUB25GROUPED
            [group_sku] => PUB25GROUPED
        )
)

I’m looking for this value using in_array:

if (in_array('PUBESSENTIALS', $skus))

and it returns false. Am I doing this correctly?

Why would the array values not be enclosed in quotes if the values in the DB are strings?

Answer 1

Don’t use PHP if you may do something with MySql!
Try this solution:

$sql = "SELECT * FROM table WHERE str = 'PUBESSENTIALS'"; // some query just add WHERE

$result = mysql_query($sql);
if($result) $Row = mysql_fetch_array($result)