# gutenberg/8.6.1/lib/utils.php

Gutenberg, version 8.6.1. 34 lines.

- Page: https://pluginprobe.com/plugins/gutenberg/8.6.1/code/lib/utils.php
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- Modified: 2020-06-24T09:14:34+00:00

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```php
<?php
/**
 * General utilities.
 *
 * @package gutenberg
 */

/**
 * This function allows to easily access a part from a php array.
 * It is equivalent to want lodash get provides for JavaScript and is useful to have something similar
 * in php so functions that do the same thing on the client and sever can have identical code.
 *
 * @param array $array    An array from where we want to retrieve some information from.
 * @param array $path     An array containing the path we want to retrieve.
 * @param array $default  The return value if $array or $path is not expected input type.
 *
 * @return array An array matching the path specified.
 */
function gutenberg_experimental_get( $array, $path, $default = array() ) {
	// Confirm input values are expected type to avoid notice warnings.
	if ( ! is_array( $array ) || ! is_array( $path ) ) {
		return $default;
	}

	$path_length = count( $path );
	for ( $i = 0; $i < $path_length; ++$i ) {
		if ( empty( $array[ $path[ $i ] ] ) ) {
			return $default;
		}
		$array = $array[ $path[ $i ] ];
	}
	return $array;
}

```