selezionare un indice di un'array multidimensionale senza ciclo..

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<?php
function SearchBiDimArray(&$theArray, $dimNo, $searchValue, $returnIndex = true){
   if(is_array($theArray)){
       $keys = array_keys($theArray[0]);
       $key = $keys[$dimNo];
       $elcount = count($theArray);

       for($i=0; $i < $elcount; $i++){
           if($theArray[$i][$key] === $searchValue){
               if ($returnIndex){
                   return $i;
               }
               else{
                   return $theArray[$i];
               }
           }
       }

   }
   else{
       return array_search($searchValue, $theArray);
   }
}

$theArray = array();
$theArray[0]['firstproperty'] = 'avalue1';
$theArray[0]['secondproperty'] = 'anothervalue1';

$theArray[1]['firstproperty'] = 'avalue2';
$theArray[1]['secondproperty'] = 'anothervalue2';

$theArray[2]['firstproperty'] = 'avalue3';
$theArray[2]['secondproperty'] = 'anothervalue3';

print SearchBiDimArray($theArray, 1, 'anothervalue2', true);
// result is 1

print SearchBiDimArray($theArray, 1, 'anothervalue2', true);
// result is
//Array
//(
//    [firstproperty] => avalue2
//    [secondproperty] => anothervalue2
//)

?>