Verifying key/value pairs between arrays

Question

I have a \"master\" array, and several arrays I have to verify against the master.

The master array is a list of key/value pairs. The other arrays have to be made of som

Answer 1

Have a look at array_diff_assoc.

$bad = (bool)count(array_diff_assoc($test_array, $master_array))

In other words, $test_array does not validate if there are any differences, including the index check.