Get array values by key path PHP [duplicate]

Answer 1

I would use references instead of recursion, but maybe someone will answer with a recursive function. If you know the name key then put it in the path. If not then the reset will get the first item:

$path = array('properties', 0, 'properties', 1, 'properties', 0);

$result =& $data;

foreach($path as $key) {
    $result =& $result[$key];
}
echo reset($result);

// or if you want array('name' => 'MARK')
print_r($result);

Answer 2

I found also this solution:

function get_array_by_key_path($data, $key_path){
    if(count($key_path) == 0){
        return $data;        
    } 
    $key = array_shift($path_keys);
    // and recursion now
    return get_array_by_key_path($data['properties'][$key], $keys);
}