Insert two associative arrays with foreach loop in codeigniter - php

Question

I am trying to insert two arrays (associative) with foreach loop in codeigniter
$senti = $this->input->post('field_id');
$options = $this->input->post('field');
$i=0;
foreach( $options as $option and $senti as $sen )
{
$insert_option = array
(
'form_id' => $token,
'name' => $this->db->escape_str($option['name']),
'fillup_id' => $rand,
'field_id' => $this->db->escape_str($sen['id'])
);
$this->db->insert('form_value', $insert_option);
$i++;
}
But I get error with the above code.
On the other hand if I use foreach( $options as $option) then I get the entries for $option['name'] but not for $sen['id'].
Also if this could be done with any other loop I am happy to learn.

Answer 1

It's not possible to loop through two arrays ($senti and $options) at the same time with foreach.
You have to find a way to merge the two arrays. Below is an example with while, but it will skip the values of the longest array. I don't know the data structure you're using so I don't know if that's a problem.
Every iteration while checks if the key $i exists in the array. When the key exists in both arrays it will progress. With $i++ the variable is incremented by 1 and the loop can start over again.
$senti = $this->input->post('field_id');
$options = $this->input->post('field');
$i = 0;
while(isset($options[$i]) && isset($senti[$i])) {
$insert_option = array
(
'form_id' => $token,
'name' => $this->db->escape_str($options[$i]['name']),
'fillup_id' => $rand,
'field_id' => $this->db->escape_str($senti[$i]['id'])
);
$this->db->insert('form_value', $insert_option);
$i++;
}