I has a string like as brachA-branchB-branchC. I am trying to make it as nested array as follows
[
'name'=>'brachA',
'sub'=> [
'name'=>'brachB',
'sub'=>[
'name'=>'brachC'
]
]
]
I tried as follows (https://3v4l.org/A781D)
<?php
$nested_array = array();
$temp = &$nested_array;
$item = 'brachA-branchB-branchC';
foreach (explode('-', $item) as $key => $value) {
$temp = &$temp[$value];
}
print_r($nested_array);
Output I am getting as follows
Array
(
[brachA] => Array
(
[branchB] => Array
(
[branchC] =>
)
)
)
Any idea, how to achieve this ?
It can probably be done using a foreach loop over the reversed array returned by explode() but it is much easier to use a recursive function.
function makeArray(array $pieces)
{
$first = array_shift($pieces);
$array = array('name' => $first);
if (count($pieces)) {
$array['sub'] = makeArray($pieces);
}
return $array;
}
$item = 'brachA-branchB-branchC';
print_r(makeArray(explode('-', $item)));
The makeArray() function receives an array with the string pieces. It puts the first item under the 'name' key of a new array and invokes itself with the rest of the array to generate the array to put under the 'sub' key. It doesn't put anything for the 'sub' key if there is no rest (on the last call, $pieces is array('brachC').
This is the initial string:-
NAME=Marco\nLOCATION=localhost\nSECRET=fjsdgfsjfdskffuv=\n
This is my solution although the "=" in the end of the string does not appear in the array
$env = file_get_contents(base_path() . '/.env');
// Split string on every " " and write into array
$env = preg_split('/\s+/', $env);
//create new array to push data in the foreach
$newArray = array();
foreach($env as $val){
// Split string on every "=" and write into array
$result = preg_split ('/=/', $val);
if($result[0] && $result[1])
{
$newArray[$result[0]] = $result[1];
}
}
print_r($newArray);
This is the result I get:
Array ( [Name] => Marco [LOCATION] => localhost [SECRET] => fjsdgfsjfdskffuv )
But I need :
Array ( [Name] => Marco [LOCATION] => localhost [SECRET] => fjsdgfsjfdskffuv= )
You can use the limit parameter of preg_split to make it only split the string once
http://php.net/manual/en/function.preg-split.php
you should change
$result = preg_split ('/=/', $val);
to
$result = preg_split ('/=/', $val, 2);
Hope this helps
$string = 'NAME=Marco\nLOCATION=localhost\nSECRET=fjsdgfsjfdskffuv=\n';
$strXlate = [ 'NAME=' => '"NAME":"' ,
'LOCATION=' => '","LOCATION":"',
'SECRET=' => '","SECRET":"' ,
'\n' => '' ];
$jsonified = '{'.strtr($string, $strXlate).'"}';
$array = json_decode($jsonified, true);
This is based on 1) translation using strtr(), preparing an array in json format and then using a json_decode which blows it up nicely into an array...
Same result, other approach...
You can also use parse_str to parse URL syntax-like strings to name-value pairs.
Based on your example:
$newArray = [];
$str = file_get_contents(base_path() . '/.env');
$env = explode("\n", $str);
array_walk(
$env,
function ($i) use (&$newArray) {
if (!$i) { return; }
$tmp = [];
parse_str($i, $tmp);
$newArray[] = $tmp;
}
);
var_dump($newArray);
Of course, you need to put some sanity check in the function since it can insert some strange stuff in the array like values with empty string keys, and whatnot.
I have two arrays:
$array = new Array('id'=>1, 'name'=>'Peter', 'sex'=>'male', 'age'=>25);
$excludes = new Array('sex', 'age');
I want to get the following result:
$array = new Array('id'=>1, 'name'=>'Peter');
The items whose keys are found in the array $excludes are removed.
How can I achieve this conveniently?
Simply with array_diff_key and array_flip functions:
// $arr is your initial array (besides, don't give `$array` name to arrays)
$result = array_diff_key($arr, array_flip($excludes));
print_r($result);
The output:
Array
(
[id] => 1
[name] => Peter
)
function removeExcludesFromArray($input,$expludes) {
$newArray = array(); // Create a new empty array
foreach($array as $inputKey => $inputElement) { // loop your original array
if(!array_key_exists($inputKey,$excludes)) { // check if key exists
$newArray[$inputKey] = $inputElement; // add on demand
}
}
return $newArray; // return the result
}
// Call the function
$array = removeExcludesFromArray($array,$excludes);
Let's pretend I have this:
$str = "/a/b/c/d/";
$arr = array_filter( explode("/", $str );
At this point $arr contains 4 elements. Is there a way I could create a path in an array with those 4 elements, such as:
$result = [
"a" => [
"b" => [
"c" => [
"d" => [
]
]
]
]
]
...without iterating over $arr?
I know that
$x["a"]["b"]["c"]["d"] = 1;
is perfectly valid and it will create a 4 levels array even if $x wasn't declared as an array, so what I'm asking should be possible.
I DO NOT recommend this as there are security implications when using eval(). However, because I stated in the comments that it couldn't be done without iteration, I felt compelled to post this as an answer (yes, I know implode() iterates internally).
$str = "/a/b/c/d/";
$arr = array_filter( explode("/", $str ));
$keys = '["'.implode('"]["', $arr).'"]';
eval('$x'.$keys.' = 1;');
print_r($x);
For a more practical way see How to write getter/setter to access multi-leveled array by dot separated key names?
I wrote a function once, that had this behaviour as a side effect. It doesn't iterate, but uses recursion.
See: https://github.com/feeela/php-utils/blob/master/function.getArrayValueReference.php
You may call like that:
<?php
$newArray = array();
$keys = 'a/b/c/d';
$referenceToD =& getArrayValueReference( $newArray, explode( '/', $keys ), true );
$referenceToD[0] = 'foo';
$referenceToD[1] = 'bar';
print_r( $newArray );
This modifies the array $newArray and creates all the levels. The functions return value is a reference to the last key ('d' in that example).
…which results in:
Array (
[a] => Array (
[b] => Array (
[c] => Array (
[d] => Array (
[0] => foo
[1] => bar
)
)
)
)
)
There is no way to use all the values of $arr without iterating over it.
I guess you don't want to write a foreach loop but use some PHP function that does the iteration for you.
A simple solution that iterates two times over the array (behind the scene)
This is a possible solution:
$x = array_reduce(
array_reverse($arr),
function ($carry, $item) {
return [$item => $carry];
},
1
);
It generates the same result as:
$x = [];
$x['a']['b']['c']['d'] = 1;
Unfortunately it iterates over $arr two times (array_reverse() and array_reduce()).
Another solution that generates a hierarchy of objects
Another approach that generates the required embedding using objects (stdClass) instead of arrays:
$out = new stdClass;
array_reduce(
$arr,
function ($carry, $item) {
$v = new stdClass;
$carry->{$item} = $v;
return $v;
},
$out
);
It works using a single iteration over $arr but it relies on the way the objects are handled in PHP to work (and this doesn't work with arrays).
PHP handles the objects in a way that makes them look like they are passed by reference. It's a common misconception that the objects are "passed by reference" in PHP but this is not true. A double indirection is responsible for this behaviour.
A recursive solution
function makeArray(array $arr, $initial)
{
if (! count($arr)) {
return $initial;
} else {
$key = array_shift($arr);
return [ $key => makeArray($arr, $initial) ];
}
}
$out = makeArray($arr, 1);
This solution iterates only once over the array and generates a hierarchy of arrays but recursivity is disastrous for large input arrays because it uses a lot of memory.
Is there a way to change all the numeric keys to "Name" without looping through the array (so a php function)?
[
0 => 'blabla',
1 => 'blabla',
2 => 'blblll',
// etc ...
]
If you have an array of keys that you want to use then use array_combine
Given $keys = array('a', 'b', 'c', ...) and your array, $list, then do this:
$list = array_combine($keys, array_values($list));
List will now be array('a' => 'blabla 1', ...) etc.
You have to use array_values to extract just the values from the array and not the old, numeric, keys.
That's nice and simple looking but array_values makes an entire copy of the array so you could have space issues. All we're doing here is letting php do the looping for us, not eliminate the loop. I'd be tempted to do something more like:
foreach ($list as $k => $v) {
unset ($list[$k]);
$new_key = *some logic here*
$list[$new_key] = $v;
}
I don't think it's all that more efficient than the first code but it provides more control and won't have issues with the length of the arrays.
No, there is not, for starters, it is impossible to have an array with elements sharing the same key
$x =array();
$x['foo'] = 'bar' ;
$x['foo'] = 'baz' ; #replaces 'bar'
Secondarily, if you wish to merely prefix the numbers so that
$x[0] --> $x['foo_0']
That is computationally implausible to do without looping. No php functions presently exist for the task of "key-prefixing", and the closest thing is "extract" which will prefix numeric keys prior to making them variables.
The very simplest way is this:
function rekey( $input , $prefix ) {
$out = array();
foreach( $input as $i => $v ) {
if ( is_numeric( $i ) ) {
$out[$prefix . $i] = $v;
continue;
}
$out[$i] = $v;
}
return $out;
}
Additionally, upon reading XMLWriter usage, I believe you would be writing XML in a bad way.
<section>
<foo_0></foo_0>
<foo_1></foo_1>
<bar></bar>
<foo_2></foo_2>
</section>
Is not good XML.
<section>
<foo></foo>
<foo></foo>
<bar></bar>
<foo></foo>
</section>
Is better XML, because when intrepreted, the names being duplicate don't matter because they're all offset numerically like so:
section => {
0 => [ foo , {} ]
1 => [ foo , {} ]
2 => [ bar , {} ]
3 => [ foo , {} ]
}
This is an example prefixing all the keys with an underscore.
We use array_combine to combine the array keys with the array values, but we first run an array_map function on the array keys, which takes a simple function that adds the prefix.
$prefix = '_';
$arr = array_combine(
array_map(function($v) use ($prefix){
return $prefix.$v;
}, array_keys($arr)),
array_values($arr)
);
See a live example here https://3v4l.org/HABl7
I added this for an answer to another question and seemed relevant. Hopefully might help someone that needs to change the value of the keys in an array. Uses built-in functions for php.
$inputArray = array('app_test' => 'test', 'app_two' => 'two');
/**
* Used to remap keys of an array by removing the prefix passed in
*
* Example:
* $inputArray = array('app_test' => 'test', 'app_two' => 'two');
* $keys = array_keys($inputArray);
* array_walk($keys, 'removePrefix', 'app_');
* $remappedArray = array_combine($keys, $inputArray);
*
* #param $value - key value to replace, should be from array_keys
* #param $omit - unused, needed for prefix call
* #param $prefix - prefix to string replace in keys
*/
function removePrefix(&$value, $omit, $prefix) {
$value = str_replace($prefix, '', $value);
}
// first get all the keys to remap
$keys = array_keys($inputArray);
// perform internal iteration with prefix passed into walk function for dynamic replace of key
array_walk($keys, 'removePrefix', 'app_');
// combine the rewritten keys and overwrite the originals
$remappedArray = array_combine($keys, $inputArray);
// see full output of comparison
var_dump($inputArray);
var_dump($remappedArray);
Output:
array(2) {
'attr_test' =>
string(4) "test"
'attr_two' =>
string(3) "two"
}
array(2) {
'test' =>
string(4) "test"
'two' =>
string(3) "two"
}
I think that he want:
$a = array(1=>'first_name', 2=>'last_name');
$a = array_flip($a);
$a['first_name'] = 3;
$a = array_flip($a);
print_r($a);
The solution to when you're using XMLWriter (native to PHP 5.2.x<) is using $xml->startElement('itemName'); this will replace the arrays key.
change array key name "group" to "children".
<?php
echo json_encode($data);
function array_change_key_name( $orig, $new, &$array ) {
foreach ( $array as $k => $v ) {
$res[ $k === $orig ? $new : $k ] = ( (is_array($v)||is_object($v)) ? array_change_key_name( $orig, $new, $v ) : $v );
}
return $res;
}
echo '<br>=====change "group" to "children"=====<br>';
$new = array_change_key_name("group" ,"children" , $data);
echo json_encode($new);
?>
result:
{"benchmark":[{"idText":"USGCB-Windows-7","title":"USGCB: Guidance for Securing Microsoft Windows 7 Systems for IT Professional","profile":[{"idText":"united_states_government_configuration_baseline_version_1.2.0.0","title":"United States Government Configuration Baseline 1.2.0.0","group":[{"idText":"security_components_overview","title":"Windows 7 Security Components Overview","group":[{"idText":"new_features","title":"New Features in Windows 7"}]},{"idText":"usgcb_security_settings","title":"USGCB Security Settings","group":[{"idText":"account_policies_group","title":"Account Policies group"}]}]}]}]}
=====change "group" to "children"=====
{"benchmark":[{"idText":"USGCB-Windows-7","title":"USGCB: Guidance for Securing Microsoft Windows 7 Systems for IT Professional","profile":[{"idText":"united_states_government_configuration_baseline_version_1.2.0.0","title":"United States Government Configuration Baseline 1.2.0.0","children":[{"idText":"security_components_overview","title":"Windows 7 Security Components Overview","children":[{"idText":"new_features","title":"New Features in Windows 7"}]},{"idText":"usgcb_security_settings","title":"USGCB Security Settings","children":[{"idText":"account_policies_group","title":"Account Policies group"}]}]}]}]}
Use array array_flip in php
$array = array ( [1] => Sell [2] => Buy [3] => Rent [4] => Jobs )
print_r(array_flip($array));
Array ( [Sell] => 1 [Buy] => 2 [Rent] => 3 [Jobs] => 4 )
I did this for an array of objects. Its basically creating new keys in the same array and unsetting the old keys.
public function transform($key, $results)
{
foreach($results as $k=>$result)
{
if( property_exists($result, $key) )
{
$results[$result->$key] = $result;
unset($results[$k]);
}
}
return $results;
}
<?php
$array[$new_key] = $array[$old_key];
unset($array[$old_key]);
?>
To have the same key I think they must be in separate nested arrays.
for ($i = 0; $i < count($array); $i++) {
$newArray[] = ['name' => $array[$i]];
};
Output:
0 => array:1 ["name" => "blabla"]
1 => array:1 ["name" => "blabla"]
2 => array:1 ["name" => "blblll"]
You could create a new array containing that array, so:
<?php
$array = array();
$array['name'] = $oldArray;
?>