I am recently facing a practical problem.I am working with ajax form submission and there has been some checkboxes.I need all checkboxes with same name as key value pair.Suppose there is 4 checkboxes having name attribute =checks so i want something like $arr['checks'] = array(value1, value2, ...)
So i am getting my ajax $_POST code as suppose like: name=alex&checks=code1&checks=code2&checks=code3
I am using below code to make into an array
public function smdv_process_option_data(){
$dataarray = array();
$newdataarray = array();
$new = array();
$notices = array();
$data = $_POST['options']; // data received by ajax
$dataarray = explode('&', $data);
foreach ($dataarray as $key => $value) {
$i = explode('=', $value);
$j = 1;
if(array_key_exists($i[0], $newdataarray)){
if( !is_array($newdataarray[$i[0]]) ){
array_push($new, $newdataarray[$i[0]]);
}else{
array_push($new, $i[1]);
}
$newdataarray[$i[0]] = $new;
}else{
$newdataarray[$i[0]] = $i[1];
}
}
die($newdataarray);
}
Here i want $newdataarray as like below
array(
'name' => 'alex',
'checks => array(code1, code2, code3),
)
But any how I am missing 2nd value from checks key array.
As I see it you only need to do two explode syntaxes.
The first on is to get the name and here I explode on & and then on name= in order to isolate the name in the string.
The checks is an explode of &checks= if you omit the first item with array_slice.
$str = 'name=alex&checks=code1&checks=code2&checks=code3';
$name = explode("name=", explode("&", $str)[0])[1];
// alex
$checks = array_slice(explode("&checks=", $str), 1);
// ["code1","code2","code3"]
https://3v4l.org/TefuG
So i am getting my ajax $_POST code as suppose like: name=alex&checks=code1&checks=code2&checks=code3
Use parse_str instead.
https://php.net/manual/en/function.parse-str.php
parse_str ( string $encoded_string [, array &$result ] ) : void
Parses encoded_string as if it were the query string passed via a URL and sets variables in the current scope (or in the array if result is provided).
$s = 'name=alex&checks=code1&checks=code2&checks=code3';
parse_str($s, $r);
print_r($r);
Output
Array
(
[name] => alex
[checks] => code3
)
You may think this is wrong because there is only one checks but technically the string is incorrect.
Sandbox
You shouldn't have to post process this data if it's sent correctly, as that is not included in the question, I can only make assumptions about it's origin.
If your manually creating it, I would suggest using serialize() on the form element for the data for AJAX. Post processing this is just a band-aid and adds unnecessary complexity.
If it's from a source outside your control, you'll have to parse it manually (as you attempted).
For example the correct way that string is encoded is this:
name=alex&checks[]=code1&checks[]=code2&checks[]=code3
Which when used with the above code produces the desired output.
Array
(
[name] => alex
[checks] => Array
(
[0] => code1
[1] => code2
[2] => code3
)
)
So is the problem here, or in the way it's constructed...
UPDATE
I felt obligated to give you the manual parsing option:
$str = 'name=alex&checks=code1&checks=code2&checks=code3';
$res = [];
foreach(explode('&',$str) as $value){
//PHP 7 array destructuring
[$key,$value] = explode('=', $value);
//PHP 5.x list()
//list($key,$value) = explode('=', $value);
if(isset($res[$key])){
if(!is_array($res[$key])){
//convert single values to array
$res[$key] = [$res[$key]];
}
$res[$key][] = $value;
}else{
$res[$key] = $value;
}
}
print_r($res);
Sandbox
The above code is not specific to your keys, which is a good thing. And should handle any string formatted this way. If you do have the proper array format mixed in with this format you can add a bit of additional code to handle that, but it can become quite a challenge to handle all the use cases of key[] For example these are all valid:
key[]=value&key[]=value //[key => [value,value]]
key[foo]=value&key[bar]=value //[key => [foo=>value,bar=>value]]
key[foo][]=value&key[bar][]=value&key[bar][]=value //[key => [foo=>[value]], [bar=>[value,value]]]
As you can see that can get out of hand real quick, so I hesitate to try to accommodate that if you don't need it.
Cheers!
Before i decode my JSON i get this result:
{
"1":[{"membership_id":1,"group_id":1,"user_id":1},
"2":[{"membership_id":3,"group_id":1,"user_id":2}
}
How would i specify that i want to select the one who has 'user_id' == 2 and return membership_id value?
My attempt, but i get undefined value 'user_id':
$myjson = json_decode($s_o, true);
foreach ($myjson as $key => $value){
if($value['user_id'] == $cid){
$mid = $value['membership_id'];
}
}
echo $mid;
Basically i guess i would first have to select the right object and go through it with the foreach, but here i got a bit lost in the situation.
Use Array-Functions:
$json = '{
"1":[{"membership_id":1,"group_id":1,"user_id":1}],
"2":[{"membership_id":3,"group_id":1,"user_id":2}]
}';
$array = json_decode($json, true);
$searchUserID = 2;
$filteredArray = array_filter($array, function($elem) use ($searchUserID){
return $searchUserID == $elem[0]['user_id'];
});
$mid = array_column(array_shift($filteredArray), 'membership_id')[0];
echo "Membership-ID: ".$mid;
array_filter uses a callback function that iterates over every element of the array. If the callback function returns true, that element is assigned to $filteredArray. No need for a foreach loop that way.
But the return value is the whole array element:
Array
(
[2] => Array
(
[0] => Array
(
[membership_id] => 3
[group_id] => 1
[user_id] => 2
)
)
)
So you have to extract your membership_id.
Read the following line from inside out.
First, we fetch the first entry of the array with array_shift (since we have only one entry, this will be our desired entry).
Array
(
[0] => Array
(
[membership_id] => 3
[group_id] => 1
[user_id] => 2
)
)
We pass this array on to array_column to find the entry in the encapsulated array with the column name membership_id. Since array_column again returns an array,
Array
(
[0] => 3
)
we get the (one and only) entry by adding [0] to the end of this command.
Since the last part is a little complicated, here's a torn apart version of it:
$firstEntryOfFilteredArray = array_shift($filteredArray);
$arrayWithValueOfColumnMembershipID = array_column($firstEntryOfFilteredArray, 'membership_id');
$membership_id = $arryWithValueOfColumnMembershipID[0];
These three lines are concatenated into this:
$mid = array_column(array_shift($filteredArray), 'membership_id')[0];
here's a working example: http://sandbox.onlinephpfunctions.com/code/8fe6ede71ca1e09dc68b2f3bec51743b27bf5303
I'm assuming the JSON actually looks like:
{
"1":[{"membership_id":1,"group_id":1,"user_id":1}],
"2":[{"membership_id":3,"group_id":1,"user_id":2}]
}
Each element of the object is an array for some reason. So you need to index it with $value[0] to access the object contained inside it.
$myjson = json_decode($s_o, true);
foreach ($myjson as $key => $value){
if($value[0]['user_id'] == $cid){
$mid = $value[0]['membership_id'];
break;
}
}
echo $mid;
If the arrays can contain multiple elements, you'll need nested loops.
$myjson = json_decode($s_o, true);
foreach ($myjson as $key => $value){
foreach ($value as $object) {
if($object['user_id'] == $cid){
$mid = $object['membership_id'];
break 2;
}
}
}
echo $mid;
This is a bit speculative, but I think the data is indexed by user ID. If that's the case, it makes the lookup much simpler.
After decoding with $myjson = json_decode($s_o, true);
Just find the record by ID and get the membership_id from the matching row.
$membership_id = reset($myjson['2'])['membership_id'];`
You should probably verify that that ID exists, so maybe something like:
$membership_id = isset($myjson['2']) ? reset($myjson['2'])['membership_id'] : null;
If I'm wrong and the fact that the row numbers match the user_id is just a coincidence, then never mind :)
$icecream = array (
"Choco" => array('2 Dollars'),
"Mango" => array('3 Dollars')
);
print $icecream[0][0];
expected output:
2 Dollars
Edit: I have a huge list of icecream sorts and i do want to use a loop to output all the information as a HTML DOM. So I do not want to go through each array value and echo it with the explicit value (i.e. 'Choco', 'Orange', etc...).
I want to use values as keys for the "first array level" ($icecream[0]),
It does output nothing at all. What is my logical flaw with this solution?
try this:
echo $icecream['Choco'][0]
Your problem here is calling the wrong key for the 1st dim
.
.
For your updated question, try this:
$ice_k = array_keys($icecream);
echo $icecream[$ice_k[0]][0];
You're not using the associative array right. You need to use the right key.
echo $icecream['choco'][0];
You can use position but it will be a counter like this:
$counter = 0;
foreach($icecream As $k=>$v) {
echo $icecream[$k][0] . ' [' . $counter . ']';
$counter++;
}
and if you want to get only value you can use previous code
$ice_k = array_keys($icecream);
$position = 5;
if( isset($ice_k[$position]) ) {
echo $icecream[$ice_k[$position]][0];
}
I am trying to build an array and I am looping through the values of an XML document, I have everything pulling out great using xpath, here's my code:
function parseAccountIds($xml) {
$arr = array();
foreach($xml->entry as $k => $v) {
$acctName = $v->title;
$prop = $v->xpath('dxp:property');
foreach($prop as $k1 => $v1) {
if($v1->attributes()->name == "ga:accountId")
$acctId = (string) $v1->attributes()->value;
else if($v1->attributes()->name == "ga:profileId")
$profileId = (string) $v1->attributes()->value;
}
echo "profile id ".$profileId;
echo "<BR>";
echo "acctName ".$acctName;
echo "<BR>";
$subArray = array($acctName => $profileId);
print_r($subArray);
$arr[] = array($acctId => $subArray);
}
print_r($arr);
return json_encode($arr);
}
The most important bit is where I print_r subArray. I can see acctName and profileId print, but then subArray is empty. For Example:
profile id 45580
acctName accountName1
Array
(
)
profile id 4300
acctName accountName2
Array
(
)
profile id 4338
acctName accountName3
Array
(
)
How are these values not being inserted? I've been looking at the code for a while now, and I'm a bit confused.
Any suggestions would really help,
Thanks!
try this:
$subArray[$acctName] = $profileId;
instead of
$subArray = array($acctName => $profileId);
$v->title is actually a SimpleXMLObject still!
I forgot to cast it as a string, when I tried to make it the index in the array, it freaked out, geez I spent a whole hour on this!
Thanks for your suggestions guys :P
I'm developing a php app that uses a database class to query MySQL.
The class is here: http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/php/real-world-oop-with-php-and-mysql/*note there are multiple bad practices demonstrated in the tutorial -- it should not be used as a modern guide!
I made some tweaks on the class to fit my needs, but there is a problem (maybe a stupid one).
When using select() it returns a multidimensional array that has rows with 3 associative columns (id, firstname, lastname):
Array
(
[0] => Array
(
[id] => 1
[firstname] => Firstname one
[lastname] => Lastname one
)
[1] => Array
(
[id] => 2
[firstname] => Firstname two
[lastname] => Lastname two
)
[2] => Array
(
[id] => 3
[firstname] => Firstname three
[lastname] => Lastname three
)
)
Now I want this array to be used as a mysql result (mysql_fetch_assoc()).
I know that it may be used with foreach(), but this is with simple/flat arrays. I think that I have to redeclare a new foreach() within each foreach(), but I think this could slow down or cause some higher server load.
So how to apply foreach() with this multidimensional array the simplest way?
You can use foreach here just fine.
foreach ($rows as $row) {
echo $row['id'];
echo $row['firstname'];
echo $row['lastname'];
}
I think you are used to accessing the data with numerical indices (such as $row[0]), but this is not necessary. We can use associative arrays to get the data we're after.
You can use array_walk_recursive:
array_walk_recursive($array, function ($item, $key) {
echo "$key holds $item\n";
});
With arrays in php, the foreach loop is always a pretty solution.
In this case it could be for example:
foreach($my_array as $number => $number_array)
{
foreach($number_array as $data = > $user_data)
{
print "Array number: $number, contains $data with $user_data. <br>";
}
}
This would have been a comment under Brad's answer, but I don't have a high enough reputation.
Recently I found that I needed the key of the multidimensional array too, i.e., it wasn't just an index for the array, in the foreach loop.
In order to achieve that, you could use something very similar to the accepted answer, but instead split the key and value as follows
foreach ($mda as $mdaKey => $mdaData) {
echo $mdaKey . ": " . $mdaData["value"];
}
Hope that helps someone.
Holla/Hello,
I got it! You can easily get the file name,tmp_name,file_size etc.So I will show you how to get file name with a line of code.
for ($i = 0 ; $i < count($files['name']); $i++) {
echo $files['name'][$i].'<br/>';
}
It is tested on my PC.
To get detail out of each value in a multidimensional array is quite straightforward once you have your array in place. So this is the array:
$example_array = array(
array('1','John','Smith'),
array('2','Dave','Jones'),
array('3','Bob','Williams')
);
Then use a foreach loop and have the array ran through like this:
foreach ($example_array as $value) {
echo $value[0]; //this will echo 1 on first cycle, 2 on second etc....
echo $value[1]; //this will echo John on first cycle, Dave on second etc....
echo $value[2]; //this will echo Smith on first cycle, Jones on second etc....
}
You can echo whatever you like around it to, so to echo into a table:
echo "<table>"
foreach ($example_array as $value) {
echo "<tr><td>" . $value[0] . "</td>";
echo "<td>" . $value[1] . "</td>";
echo "<td>" . $value[2] . "</td></tr>";
}
echo "</table>";
Should give you a table like this:
|1|John|Smith |
|2|Dave|Jones |
|3|Bob |Williams|
Example with mysql_fetch_assoc():
while ($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result))
{
/* ... your stuff ...*/
}
In your case with foreach, with the $result array you get from select():
foreach ($result as $row)
{
/* ... your stuff ...*/
}
It's much like the same, with proper iteration.
Ideally a multidimensional array is usually an array of arrays so i figured declare an empty array, then create key and value pairs from the db result in a separate array, finally push each array created on iteration into the outer array. you can return the outer array in case this is a separate function call. Hope that helps
$response = array();
foreach ($res as $result) {
$elements = array("firstname" => $result[0], "subject_name" => $result[1]);
array_push($response, $elements);
}
I know this is quite an old answer.
Here is a faster solution without using foreach:
Use array_column
print_r(array_column($array, 'firstname')); #returns the value associated with that key 'firstname'
Also you can check before executing the above operation
if(array_key_exists('firstname', $array)){
print_r(array_column($array, 'firstname'));
}
Wouldn't a normal foreach basically yield the same result as a mysql_fetch_assoc in your case?
when using foreach on that array, you would get an array containing those three keys: 'id','firstname' and 'lastname'.
That should be the same as mysql_fetch_assoc would give (in a loop) for each row.
foreach ($parsed as $key=> $poke)
{
$insert = mysql_query("insert into soal
(pertanyaan, a, b, c, d, e, jawaban)
values
('$poke[question]',
'$poke[options][A]',
'$poke[options][B]',
'$poke[options][C]',
'$poke[options][D]',
'$poke[options][E]',
'$poke[answer]')");
}
If you need to do string manipulation on array elements, e.g, then using callback function array_walk_recursive (or even array_walk) works well. Both come in handy when dynamically writing SQL statements.
In this usage, I have this array with each element needing an appended comma and newline.
$some_array = [];
data in $some_array
0: "Some string in an array"
1: "Another string in an array"
Per php.net
If callback needs to be working with the actual values of the array,
specify the first parameter of callback as a reference. Then, any
changes made to those elements will be made in the original array
itself.
array_walk_recursive($some_array, function (&$value, $key) {
$value .= ",\n";
});
Result:
"Some string in an array,\n"
"Another string in an array,\n"
Here's the same concept using array_walk to prepend the database table name to the field.
$fields = [];
data in $fields:
0: "FirstName"
1: "LastName"
$tbl = "Employees"
array_walk($fields, 'prefixOnArray', $tbl.".");
function prefixOnArray(&$value, $key, $prefix) {
$value = $prefix.$value;
}
Result:
"Employees.FirstName"
"Employees.LastName"
I would be curious to know if performance is at issue over foreach, but for an array with a handful of elements, IMHO, it's hardly worth considering.
A mysql result set object is immediately iterable within a foreach(). This means that it is not necessary to call any kind of fetch*() function/method to access the row data in php. You can simply pass the result set object as the input value of the foreach().
Also, from PHP7.1, "array destructuring" allows you to create individual values (if desirable) within the foreach() declaration.
Non-exhaustive list of examples that all produce the same output: (PHPize Sandbox)
foreach ($mysqli->query("SELECT id, firstname, lastname FROM your_table") as $row) {
vprintf('%d: %s %s', $row);
}
foreach ($mysqli->query("SELECT * FROM your_table") as ['id' => $id, 'firstname' => $firstName, 'lastname' => $lastName]) {
printf('%d: %s %s', $id, $firstName, $lastName);
}
*note that you do not need to list all columns while destructuring -- only what you intend to access
$result = $mysqli->query("SELECT * FROM your_table");
foreach ($result as $row) {
echo "$row['id']: $row['firstname'] $row['lastname']";
}