array to string conversion error on view ci - php

Question

i have an array which is in the following format
Array ( [0] => Array ( [id] => 13 [path] => Array ( [0] => Array ( [name] => Pistachios [path] => E_906.JPG ) ) ) [1] => Array ( [id] => 14 [path] => Array ( [0] => Array ( [name] => Almonds [path] => almond.jpg ) ) ) )
now what i need is i need the id ,name and path values from this array it basically has two indexes 0 and 1 i am using foreach loop for this purpose
here's my code
<?php
foreach ($child3 as $key => $value){
echo $key;
}
?>
when is echoing out the key it prints correct 0,1 but when i try to echo the value like
<?php
foreach ($child3 as $key => $value){
echo $value;
}
?>
it is giving me an error of Array to string conversion any recommendations?

Answer 1

Try this:
foreach ($child3 as $key => $value){
$id = $value['id'];
$name = $value['path'][0]['name'];
$path = $value['path'][0]['path'];
}
**this is assuming that your [path] always contains just one array element.

Answer 2

In your second foreach loop, $value is the Array with key path. echo() expects a string as parameter, but because $value is an Array, PHP tries to convert it to a string and fails.
Try var_dump() instead:
<?php
foreach ($child3 as $key => $value){
var_dump($value);
}
?>
Your Structure is this:
Array (
[0] => Array ( <<- you tried to echo this array
[id] => 13
[path] => Array (
[0] => Array (
[name] => Pistachios
[path] => E_906.JPG
)
)
)
[1] => Array (
[id] => 14
[path] => Array (
[0] => Array (
[name] => Almonds
[path] => almond.jpg
)
)
)
)
If you know this structure is fixed, try this:
$files = array();
foreach ($child3 as $child) {
$files[$child['path'][0]['name']] = $child['path'][0]['path'];
}
So var_dump($files) would give you this:
Array (
'Pistachios' => 'E_906.JPG'
'Almonds' => 'almond.jpg'
)

Answer 3

Try using
<?php
foreach ($child3 as $key => $value){
print_r($value);
}
?>
Because you have $value as an array, that's why you are getting that error.