Load a multidimensional array from 2 database queries and 2 loops - php

Question

I am try to get a row of rep names as column headings and then under that heading the top ten sales items per that rep
I am try to get data to output like this:
RepName1 RepName2 RepName3 RepName4
(rep names come from Database and will never be a set number)
Underneath each rep name in the column their top ten selling items in descending order
Like so:
RepName1
(top selling info will be pulled from database)
1st selling item
2nd selling item
3rd selling item
4th selling item
5th selling item
6th selling item
7th selling item
8th selling item
9th selling item
10th selling item
Then start a new column with the next rep and his or her top ten sellers.
$qry = "SELECT sales_rep_login FROM sales_reps WHERE status = 'A'";
$return_reps = mysql_query($qry);
$reps = array();
while($repX = mysql_fetch_assoc($return_reps)) {
$reps[] = $repX['sales_rep_login'];
}
foreach ($reps as $rep){
$q="SELECT sales_quantity.style_num, sales_quantity.number_sold, sales_reps.fname, sales_reps.lname FROM catalog JOIN sales_quantity ON catalog.style_num = sales_quantity.style_num
JOIN sales_reps ON sales_quantity.sales_rep_login = sales_reps.sales_rep_login
WHERE catalog.status = 'A'
AND catalog.season_id = '" . $_POST['season'] . "'
AND sales_quantity.sales_rep_login = '" .$rep. "'
AND sales_reps.status = 'A'
ORDER BY sales_quantity.number_sold DESC LIMIT 10";
$return_sales = mysql_query($q);
$Total_Sales = array();
while($Sales=mysql_fetch_assoc($return_sales))
$Total_Sales[] = $Sales;
} // end foreach
for some reason I am only getting the info for the very last rep.
Thanks in advance

Answer 1

You are overwriting $total_Sales array. Define it before foreach.
$Total_Sales = array(); // define array here
foreach ($reps as $rep){
$q="SELECT sales_quantity.style_num, sales_quantity.number_sold, sales_reps.fname, sales_reps.lname FROM catalog JOIN sales_quantity ON catalog.style_num = sales_quantity.style_num
JOIN sales_reps ON sales_quantity.sales_rep_login = sales_reps.sales_rep_login
WHERE catalog.status = 'A'
AND catalog.season_id = '" . $_POST['season'] . "'
AND sales_quantity.sales_rep_login = '" .$rep. "'
AND sales_reps.status = 'A'
ORDER BY sales_quantity.number_sold DESC LIMIT 10";
$return_sales = mysql_query($q);
while($Sales=mysql_fetch_assoc($return_sales))
$Total_Sales[$rep][] = $Sales; // make 2 dimensional array
}
Print $Total_Sales and see it it has all the values.
Use mysqli instead of mysql which is depreciated.
Considering the result array as
$Total_Sales = array
(
'RepName1' => array(
array('names' => '1st selling item','style' => 'DD39050BG','num' => '660'),
array('names' => '2nd selling item','style' => 'DD39043','num' => '600'),
array('names' => '3rd selling item','style' => 'DD79021','num' => '582')
),
'RepName2' => array(
array('names' => '1st selling item','style' => 'DD39050BG','num' => '660'),
array('names' => '2nd selling item','style' => 'DD39043','num' => '600'),
array('names' => '3rd selling item','style' => 'DD79021','num' => '582')
),
'RepName3' => array(
array('names' => '1st selling item','style' => 'DD39050BG','num' => '660'),
array('names' => '2nd selling item','style' => 'DD39043','num' => '600'),
array('names' => '3rd selling item','style' => 'DD79021','num' => '582')
),
);
Use the below code to display
<table cellpadding="5" cellspacing="5" border="1 sold #ccc">
<tr>
<?php foreach($Total_Sales as $key=>$value){
echo "<td>".$key;
if(is_array($value) && count($value)>0){
echo "<table>";
foreach($value as $k=>$v){
echo "<tr><td>".$v['names']."</td></tr>";
}
echo "</table>";
}
echo "</td>";
}?>
</tr>
</table>