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[SoN9ne]

I was under the impression that in_array can search with an array value.
I noticed that it does not work for the following code:

$array1 = array(1, 2);

$array2 = array(1, 2, 3, 4, 5);


echo in_array($array1, $array2) ? 'Found' : 'Lost';

Is this expected behavior? If so can you help me better understand why? (perhaps I am just tired from working all day and it's obvious)
I am trying to identify if an array contains any of the values from the given search array.

I read the in_array manual an it shows an example with a multidimensional array but not a simple array.

Would it just be more efficient to loop over the search array and manually check the values? (This is what I am about to resort to)

Thanks for any help on the matter or just fixing my stupid.

[WingedPanther]

$array1 is not an element of $array2. In PHP, IIRC, a multi-dimensional array is an array of arrays.

[SoN9ne]

Thanks, I knew it was something simple. :)