How to search by key=>value in a multidimensional array in PHP

Question

Is there any fast way to get all subarrays where a key value pair was found in a multidimensional array? I can\'t say how deep the array will be.

Simple example arra

Answer 1

$result = array_filter($arr, function ($var) {   
  $found = false;
  array_walk_recursive($var, function ($item, $key) use (&$found) {  
    $found = $found || $key == "name" && $item == "cat 1";
  });
  return $found;
});