"search for partial value match in an array" Code Answer

Use array_filter. You can provide a callback which decides which elements remain in the array and which should be removed. (A return value of false from the callback indicates that the given element should be removed.) Something like this:

$search_text = 'Bread';

array_filter($array, function($el) use ($search_text) {
        return ( strpos($el['text'], $search_text) !== false );
    });

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• array_filter
• strpos return values