--TEST-- Test array_search() function : usage variations - haystack as sub-array/object --FILE-- "two", "three" => 3), 4 => "four", "five" => 5, array('', 'i') ); var_dump( array_search("four", $sub_array) ); //checking for element in a sub-array var_dump( array_search(3, $sub_array[1]) ); var_dump( array_search(array('','i'), $sub_array) ); /* checking for objects in array_search() */ echo "\n*** Testing objects with array_search() ***\n"; class array_search_check { public $array_var = array(1=>"one", "two"=>2, 3=>3); public function foo() { echo "Public function\n"; } } $array_search_obj = new array_search_check(); //creating new object //error: as wrong datatype for second argument try { var_dump( array_search("array_var", $array_search_obj) ); } catch (TypeError $e) { echo $e->getMessage(), "\n"; } //error: as wrong datatype for second argument try { var_dump( array_search("foo", $array_search_obj) ); } catch (TypeError $e) { echo $e->getMessage(), "\n"; } //element found as "one" exists in array $array_var var_dump( array_search("one", $array_search_obj->array_var) ); echo "Done\n"; ?> --EXPECT-- *** Testing sub-arrays with array_search() *** int(4) string(5) "three" int(5) *** Testing objects with array_search() *** array_search(): Argument #2 ($haystack) must be of type array, array_search_check given array_search(): Argument #2 ($haystack) must be of type array, array_search_check given int(1) Done