integrate preg_match with function

[magictorch]

I need to add a preg_match condition to this function below. The function is used to see if variable exists in a 2d array.

function in_multi_array($needle, $haystack) //taken from php.net, adapted                                           

{
$in_multi_array = false;
if(in_array($needle, $haystack))
{
$in_multi_array = true;
}
else
{
while (list($tmpkey,$tmpval) = each ($haystack))
//here is the change
{
if(is_array($haystack[$tmpkey]))
{
if (in_multi_array($needle, $haystack[$tmpkey]))
{
$in_multi_array = true;
break;
}}}}
return $in_multi_array;
} 

I want to add the following but am not sure how?

$needle = 'Apple, banana and pear';
$test = preg_match('/apple/',  $needle, $match);

I want there to be a true/false out come from $match.

Any ideas?

Jamie

[magictorch]

/
A function that checks to see if a string in an array
exists in a string.
example:
$string = "My name is J.R.";
$array = array("Mike", "Joe", "Bob", "J.R.");
if (arrayinstr($string, $array)) echo "Found it!";
/

function arrayinstr($haystack, $needle) {
$foundit = false;
foreach($needle as $value) {
if (!strpos($haystack, $value) === false)
$foundit = true;
}
return $foundit;
}