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This is the $feed_content array 

Array
    (
        [0] => Array
            (
                [id] => 1
                [link] => http://www.dust-off.com/10-tips-on-how-to-love-your-portable-screens-keeping-them-healthy
    )
        [1] => Array
            (
                [id] => 2
                [link] => http://www.dust-off.com/are-you-the-resident-germaphobe-in-your-office
            )
     )

----Another array----------
This is the $arrFeeds array 

Array
(
    [0] => Array
        (
            [title] => 10 Tips on How to Love Your Portable Screens (Keeping them Healthy)
            [link] => http://www.dust-off.com/10-tips-on-how-to-love-your-portable-screens-keeping-them-healthy
  )
   [1] => Array
        (
            [title] => Are You the Resident Germaphobe in Your Office?
            [link] => http://www.dust-off.com/are-you-the-resident-germaphobe-in-your-office
        )


)

Here's my code:

foreach( $arrFeeds as $key2 => $value2 )
    {
        $feed_content = $feed->get_feed_content( $value['id'] );

        if( !in_array( $value2['link'], $feed_content ) )
        {
            echo "not match!";
        }
    }

Question:
Why is it that the code always enters into the if statement even if $feed_content link value has the value of the $arrFeeds link? My expected result should be that my code would tell me if the $feed_content link value is not in the $arrFeeds. By the way, the $feed_content code returns an array that I specified above. What should be the problem with this one. Thanks in advance! :)

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By the way, the $feed_content code returns an array that I specified above. –  PinoyStackOverflower Mar 14 '12 at 15:36
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Your expectation is wrong. You are looking into an array of arrays, not into an array of links. That's all. Create an array of links and then use in_array on that one (or use the recursive mode). –  hakre Mar 14 '12 at 15:36
    
I don't believe in_array will search a multi-dimensional array in this manner. –  Cfreak Mar 14 '12 at 15:38
    
@Cfreak: Do you have any idea how to check if the value of the array is existing on the other array (with a multi-dimensional array)? –  PinoyStackOverflower Mar 14 '12 at 15:45
    
@ElsonSolano I updated my answer and added a possible solution to your problem also.. you can see that it does what it should here: codepad.org/ZqGEJQAt (at least from what I understand..) –  mishu Mar 14 '12 at 16:06

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that's because the elements of your array called $feed_content are associative arrays also (with the id and link keys)

you are checking if the link (a string) is equal to any of the elements in the array (all of them arrays)

Edit:

To achieve what you want you can use a "hack". Instead of in_array you can use something like:

$search_key = array_search(array('id'=>true,'link'=>$value2['link']), $feed_content);//use true for the id, as the comparison won't be strict
if (false !== $search_key)//stict comparison to be sure that key 0 is taken into account
{
    echo 'match here';
}

this thing relies on the fact that you can use an array for the search needle for the array_search function and that the comparison won't be strict, so true will match any number (except 0, but I guess that you don't use 0 as an id)

this way the only field that will really matter is the one for the link

after that you need to use a strict comparison this time to be sure that if the found key is 0 you will use it

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This is indeed a nasty hack. :-) –  Martin Mar 14 '12 at 16:17
    
I wanted the code to be like if $arrFeeds didn't' find a link value in $feed_content link. Maybe it's just a matter of changing the if (false !== $search_key) statement in your code. –  PinoyStackOverflower Mar 14 '12 at 17:06
    
@ElsonSolano right, that is just a matter of how you will use this thing, the sample is just to show how it works; the main idea is that if the array_function returns a numeric value that is a key in the feed_content array –  mishu Mar 15 '12 at 5:26
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if( !in_array( $value2['link'], $feed_content ) )



if( !in_array( $value2['link'], array_values($feed_content)) )
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How does the array_values($feed_content) give you the values of the nested arrays? Won't it be the same array ($feed_content) again? –  Martin Mar 14 '12 at 15:43
    
@Martin: Yes, that's what I think so too. that code still ain't working. Thanks for your answer though :) –  PinoyStackOverflower Mar 14 '12 at 15:44
1  
Calling array_values on $feed_content will have absolutely no effect, it amounts to the same thing the OP is already doing. The array keys are already numeric and zero-indexed. –  netcoder Mar 14 '12 at 15:50
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in_array doesn't search recursively. It sees $feed_content as

Array
(
    [0] => Array
    [1] => Array
)

Now you could extend your if clause to foreach through $feed_content:

$found = false;
foreach($feed_content as $feedArr)
{
    if(in_array($value2['link'], $feedArr))
    {
        $found = true;
    }
}
if(!$found) echo "not match!";
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Do you know how would I check if that value exist in the other array? Thanks for your answer :) –  PinoyStackOverflower Mar 14 '12 at 15:36
    
@ElsonSolano Just added some code... –  Martin Mar 14 '12 at 15:40

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