Multi-dimensional search in an array like a MySQL SELECT with WHERE AND AND AND

I never know when I should be going directly to the database to do a search and when I should search within a PHP array where I've already loaded the database data. Anyway, there are times when it's clear that searching an array is necessary and I like to be able to use a search which is essentially the same as an SQL query like:

SELECT `field_name` FROM table_name WHERE `field2` = 'something' AND `field3` = 'other' AND `field4` = 'another'

to do this I used the following function:

function searcharray2($value, $key, $value2, $key2, $value3, $key3, $array) {
   foreach ($array as $k => $val) {
       if ($val[$key] == $value) {
           foreach ($array as $m => $val) {
               if ($val[$key2] == $value2 AND $k==$m) {
                   foreach ($array as $n => $val) {
                       if ($val[$key3] == $value3 AND $k==$n) {
                           return $k;
                       }
                   }
               }
           }
       }
   }
   return null;
}