Restructure array populated with duplicated keys and not lose data [duplicate] - php

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I'm trying to post form data to an API using PHP.
The API requires that the screening_questions have duplicate keys, like so:
I've gotten as far as having all fields correctly in the array to send except for the screening questions, which are multiple arrays inside the main array. I need to flatten or merge them so that the screening_questions aren't in nested arrays, but while attempting to do so it returns just the last screening_questions array since they all have the same key.
So this array:
Array
(
[candidate[resume]] => CURLFile Object
(
[name] => /nas/content/live/powerhrg2/wp-content/uploads/gravity_forms/5-51403278f6166fe42c507d417f729fc5/2023/02/Power-HRG-Tech-Spec256.pdf
[mime] => application/pdf
[postname] => Power-HRG-Tech-Spec256.pdf
)
[candidate[first_name]] => John
[candidate[last_name]] => Johnson
[candidate[email]] => john.johnson#email.net
[candidate[phone]] => 555-555-5555
[job_posting_public_id] => 28038a67e70c7e235fa725bbf8b6e167d9e3efee1e43a304d73be8408c6f24a2
[candidate[source_id]] => 7795
[0] => Array
(
[screening_questions[][id]] => 1
[screening_questions[][answer]] => false
)
[1] => Array
(
[screening_questions[][id]] => 6
[screening_questions[][answer]] => true
)
[2] => Array
(
[screening_questions[][id]] => 11
[screening_questions[][answer]] => true
)
[3] => Array
(
[screening_questions[][id]] => 16
[screening_questions[][answer]] => true
)
)
Should be this:
Array
(
[candidate[resume]] => CURLFile Object
(
[name] => /nas/content/live/powerhrg2/wp-content/uploads/gravity_forms/5-51403278f6166fe42c507d417f729fc5/2023/02/Power-HRG-Tech-Spec256.pdf
[mime] => application/pdf
[postname] => Power-HRG-Tech-Spec256.pdf
)
[candidate[first_name]] => John
[candidate[last_name]] => Johnson
[candidate[email]] => john.johnson#email.net
[candidate[phone]] => 555-555-5555
[job_posting_public_id] => 28038a67e70c7e235fa725bbf8b6e167d9e3efee1e43a304d73be8408c6f24a2
[candidate[source_id]] => 7795
[screening_questions[][id]] => 1
[screening_questions[][answer]] => false
[screening_questions[][id]] => 6
[screening_questions[][answer]] => true
[screening_questions[][id]] => 11
[screening_questions[][answer]] => true
[screening_questions[][id]] => 16
[screening_questions[][answer]] => true
)
I can't think of a way to merge or flatten those arrays?
I've only ever dealt with sending array data via POST - is there another way I can format this so that I can have these duplicated screening_questions with unique values?
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Here is my code in it's entirety:
add_action( 'gform_after_submission_5', 'post_to_third_party', 10, 2 );
function post_to_third_party( $entry, $form ) {
// get regular form field data
$first_name = rgar( $entry, '1' );
$last_name = rgar( $entry, '3' );
$phone = rgar( $entry, '11' );
$phone = preg_replace("/[^0-9]/", "", $phone);
$phone = preg_replace('/^1?(\d{3})(\d{3})(\d{4})$/', '$1-$2-$3', $phone);
$email = rgar( $entry, '6' );
$resume = GFFormsModel::get_physical_file_path( rgar( $entry, '7' ) );
$resume = new CURLFile($resume, mime_content_type($resume), basename($resume));
$job = get_job(); // get current job ID & source ID
$job_id = $job['id'];
$source_id = $job['source_id'];
// get screening questions id & answer data
foreach ( $form['fields'] as $field ) {
if ($field['type'] === 'radio') {
$field_values[] = preg_replace('/[^0-9.]/', '', $field->get_value_export( $entry, $field->id )); // i.e. converts 'yes-1' to '1'
$field_names[] = $field->get_value_export( $entry, $field->id, true ); // yes
}
}
// remove empty data
$field_values = array_slice(array_filter($field_values),0);
$field_names = array_slice(array_filter($field_names),0);
// combine screening id & answer
$screening_questions = array_combine($field_values, $field_names);
foreach ($screening_questions as $screening_question=>$sq) {
// value must be true/false, not yes/no
if ($sq == 'yes') {
$sq = 'true';
} else {
$sq = 'false';
}
$question[] = array('screening_questions[][id]' => $screening_question, 'screening_questions[][answer]' => $sq);
}
// create an array of form data to send via the API
$body = array(
'candidate[resume]' => $resume,
'candidate[first_name]' => $first_name,
'candidate[last_name]' => $last_name,
'candidate[email]' => $email,
'candidate[phone]' => $phone,
'job_posting_public_id' => $job_id,
'candidate[source_id]' => $source_id,
);
foreach ($question as $q) {
array_push($body,$q);
}
$post_url = 'https://pr29718.nitro-web.beta.hq.powerapp.cloud/recruiting/api/v2/candidates'; // TEST URL
$pass = 'AMC0HNUK30RTFATWWKBJTW'; // TEST TOKEN
$headers = array(
'Host: pr29718.nitro-web.beta.hq.powerapp.cloud',
'Authorization: '.$pass,
);
// Uncomment the below line to debug, if necessary
GFCommon::log_debug( 'gform_after_submission: body => ' . print_r( $body, true ) );
// Uncomment the below line to debug, if necessary
GFCommon::log_debug( 'gform_after_submission: headers => ' . print_r( $headers, true ) );
// Nitro API request via cURL
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, array(
CURLOPT_URL => 'https://pr29718.nitro-web.beta.hq.powerapp.cloud/recruiting/api/v2/candidates',
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => '',
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 0,
CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION => true,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => 'POST',
CURLOPT_POST => true,
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => $body,
CURLOPT_HEADER => true,
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => $headers,
));
$response = curl_exec($curl);
curl_close($curl);
// Uncomment below line to debug, if necessary
GFCommon::log_debug( 'gform_after_submission: response => ' . print_r( $response, true ) );
}

Answer 1

I think the parameter sending is wrongly defined. just put the subarray in the screening_questions[] array, what is the API response?
//next time pls define the variable before use.
$question = array();
foreach ($screening_questions as $screening_question=>$sq) {
// value must be true/false, not yes/no
$question[] = array(
'id' => $screening_question,
'answer' => $sq === 'true' ? 'true' : 'false'
);
}
$body = array(
'candidate[resume]' => $resume,
'candidate[first_name]' => $first_name,
'candidate[last_name]' => $last_name,
'candidate[email]' => $email,
'candidate[phone]' => $phone,
'job_posting_public_id' => $job_id,
'candidate[source_id]' => $source_id,
'screening_questions' => $question,
);