output of array always equals 'i' - php

Question

I have the variable $request. If i do vardump($request), I get the output of:
array(7) {
["controller"]=> string(5) "index"
["action"]=> string(5)"index"
["module"]=> string(7) "default"
[2]=> array(8) {
["g_goal_list_id"]=> string(3) "127"
["textgoal"]=> string(9) "eats food"
["task_0"]=> string(1) "0"
["value_0"]=> string(5) "pukes"
["task_1"]=> string(1) "0"
["value_1"]=> string(0) ""
["task_2"]=> string(1) "0"
["value_2"]=> string(0) ""
}
[3]=> array(10) {
["g_goal_list_id"]=> string(3) "128"
["textgoal"]=> string(9) "goes home"
["task_0"]=> string(1) "0"
["value_0"]=> string(20) "but never comes back"
["task_1"]=> string(1) "0"
["value_1"]=> string(14) "stays home now"
["task_2"]=> string(1) "0"
["value_2"]=> string(0) ""
["task_3"]=> string(1) "0"
["value_3"]=> string(0) ""
}
["submit"]=> string(4) "Save"
["task"]=> string(1) "5"
}
which is all correct. However, I'm trying to use a foreach statment to grab values from the $request array and put them into a data array, and then submit that to the mysql db...
foreach($request as $currentrow){
//skips row if the field is empty
if(strlen($currentrow['value']) < 1)//need to make sure I've defined $currentrow['value']
continue;//skips row with empty field
//I only need to grab the value/list_id/account_id from the form
$data = array('value' => $currentrow['value'],
'g_goal_list_id' => $currentrow['g_goal_list_id'],
'account_id' => g_getAccountId(),
);
var_dump($data);
However, when I var_dump($data); my output looks like this:
array(3) { ["value"]=> string(1) "i" ["g_goal_list_id"]=> string(1) "i" ["account_id"]=> string(1) "1" }
array(3) { ["value"]=> string(1) "S" ["g_goal_list_id"]=> string(1) "S" ["account_id"]=> string(1) "1" }
array(3) { ["value"]=> string(1) "5" ["g_goal_list_id"]=> string(1) "5" ["account_id"]=> string(1) "1" }
The only thing that is correct in that var_dump($data) is the ["account_id"]
I'm thinking that my loop is incorrect, and I'm pretty bad with loops. Sooooo yeah, hopefully I included enough information. Thank you.

Answer 1

What you need is something like this:
foreach($request as $k=>$currentrow)
{
$hit = false;
$data = array();
// Only look for sub-arrays
if(is_array($currentrow))
{
foreach($currentrow as $k2=>$v2)
{
$explode = explode('_', $k2);
if($explode[0] === 'value') //need to make sure I've defined $currentrow['value'] regardless of suffix
{
$hit = true;
$data = array(
'value' => $v2,
'g_goal_list_id' => $currentrow[$k]['g_goal_list_id'],
'account_id' => g_getAccountId(),
);
continue;
}
}
}
if($hit === false)
{
continue;
}
var_dump($data);
}

Answer 2

This element: $currentrow['values'] does not exist (check your logs, you should see notices). Neither does $currentrow['g_goal_list_id'].
You loop through an array with all different elements, the first being a string, with value index. When you then take that string and subscribe that with values, it throws a warning, but then takes the first element.
To clarify, a some CLI code:
php > $a="abcd";
php > echo $a["foo"];
PHP Warning: Illegal string offset 'foo' in php shell code on line 1
a
If you want to loop over keys and values, do like this:
foreach($request as $key=>$value) {
}
That being said, I think a loop is not what you want, you do not have straighforward table-like data.

Answer 3

Huge thanks to #MonkeyZeus. I kept on getting an array that had the proper keys but all the values were null. Turns out I just needed to put my var_dump($data) inside of my loop, because when it was on the outside it was returning only the last array it looped thorough. On my form the last values it loops through were empty fields, that are meant for the user to add input. Also, I had to change 'g_goal_list_id' => $currentrow[$k]['g_goal_list_id'] to just 'g_goal_list_id' => $currentrow['g_goal_list_id']
foreach ($request as $k=> $currentrow) {
$hit = false;
$data = array();
if(is_array($currentrow)){
foreach ($currentrow as $k2 => $v2) {
$explode = explode('_', $k2); //blows off the suffix of the $key
//var_dump($explode);
//$explode=substr($explode,2);
//echo $k2;
//echo '******';
//echo $v2;
echo $explode[0];
echo '/';
if($explode[0] == 'value'){
//echo "[" . $currentrow['g_goal_list_id'] . "]";
$hit = true;
$data = array(
'value' => $v2,
'g_goal_list_id' => $currentrow['g_goal_list_id'],
'account_id'=> g_getAccountId(),
);
continue;
}
var_dump($data);
}
}
if ($hit === false){
continue;
}
break;
}