grep/search for multiple lines in a file.

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Let's say I have a file with a long nested array, that's formatted like this:

array(
   'key1' => array(
       'val1' => 'val',
       'val2' => 'val',
       'val3' => 'val',
   ),
   'key2' => array(
       'val1' => 'val',
       'val2' => 'val',
       'val3' => 'val',
   ),
   //etc...
);

what I would like to do is have a way to grep/search a file, and by knowing key 1, get all the lines (the sub-array) it contains. is this possible?

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