I have specific array that I cant find way to distinguish if it has multiple entries or single entry because when it has multiple entries I get
And when I get single entry I dont get [0] as first entry instead I get this
Im using foreach loop in php to extract data from array, but when it returns single item in array, it loops 3 times for each item in array :categoryid, name and other instead once and then, of course I get error
Warning: Illegal string offset 'CategoryID'
Warning: Illegal string offset 'Name'
How can I check if its single item or multiple items?
Code :
foreach($obj["Store"]["CustomCategories"]["CustomCategory"]as $category=>$val)
{
echo "<a href=\"#\" onclick=getCategory(\"";
echo $obj["Store"]["Name"];
echo "\",";
echo $val["CategoryID"];
echo ",1";
echo ");>";
echo $val["Name"];
echo "</a>";
}
You can test whether CustomCategory contains is an indexed or associative array by checking for an element with index 0. If not, you can wrap the contents in an array and then do your foreach loop.
$customCategory = $obj["Store"]["CustomCategories"]["CustomCategory"];
if (!$customCategory[0]) {
$customCategory = array($customCategory);
}
foreach ($customCategory as $category => $val) {
...
}
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I'm trying to get the number of ids in an array but my code outputs the count like an array instead of giving me a single value.
<?php
foreach ($studentlistbysection as $stlist) {
$numstudent[] = $stlist->id;
echo count($numstudent);
}
This outputs the number as 12345678910 instead of a single value like 10
How do I count the number of ids in my array?
You should count it after this loop
foreach ($studentlistbysection as $stlist) {
$numstudent[] = $stlist->id;
}
echo count($numstudent);
I have a php array, and inside the array is a reference to another php object with a numerical value.
How can i access the elements in this array without knowing that numerical id (it could be different for each array)?
In the image below, I need to get the values inside field_collection_item like so....
$content['field_image_columns'][0]['entity']['field_collection_item'][133]['field_image']
For the first array key (0) i have done the following...
$i = 0;
while($i <= 2) {
if(isset($content['field_image_columns'][$i])) {
print '<div class="column-' . $i . '">';
foreach ($content['field_image_columns'][$i]['entity']['field_collection_item'] as $fcid => $values) {
// Print field values
}
print '</div>';
}
$i++;
}
Doing a foreach loop for a single array item seems wrong - is there a method i should be using for this use case?
You can select first item of array for example with:
Use array_shift, but it will modify source array:
$cur = array_shift($content['field_image_columns'][$i]['entity']['field_collection_item']);
print $cur['field_image'];
Get keys of array with array_keys and use first element of result as a key
$ks = array_keys($content['field_image_columns'][$i]['entity']['field_collection_item']);
print $content['field_image_columns'][$i]['entity']['field_collection_item'][$ks[0]]['field_image'];
Use current function:
$cur = current($content['field_image_columns'][$i]['entity']['field_collection_item']);
print $cur['field_image'];
As with most programming, there are quite a few ways you could do it. If a foreach works, then it isn't wrong, but it may not be the best way.
// Get the current key from an array
$key = key($array);
If you don't need the key, then you can just get the value from the array.
// Get the current value from an array
$value = current($array);
Both of these will retrieve the first key/value from the array assuming you haven't advanced the pointer.
current, key, end, reset, next, & prev are all array functions that allow you to manipulate an array without knowing anything about the internals. http://php.net/manual/en/ref.array.php
I am trying to get the specific value of file extension in this array. All I can do so far is .
I am wanting the fileextention ".jpg"
All I know how to do is echo the values like so using foreach;
file_nameBob7213.jpg file_typeimage/jpeg
file_pathC:/xampp/htdocs/midas/records/
full_pathC:/xampp/htdocs/midas/records/Bob7213.jpg raw_nameBob7213
orig_nameBob72.jpg client_nameafasfafs.jpg **file_ext.jpg** file_size44.96
is_image1 image_width716 image_height474 image_typejpeg
image_size_strwidth="716" height="474"
I am only interested in retrieving the file_ext from this array. How do I select that exact thing?
foreach ($file['upload_data'] as $item => $value)
{
echo $item; echo $value; echo "<br/>";
}
How do I do this? , thanks!
$file['upload_data']['file_ext']
It's just an array within an array, so specify 2 array keys
Incidentally, if you want to see the contents of an array, a quick way of doing it is to use var_export:
var_export($file); # echoes the entire array
You don't need to write a foreach loop every time
$file['upload_data']['file_ext'] contains '.jpg'.
I'm trying to understand why, on my page with a query string,
the code:
echo "Item count = " . count($_GET);
echo "First item = " . $_GET[0];
Results in:
Item count = 3
First item =
Are PHP associative arrays distinct from numeric arrays, so that their items cannot be accessed by index? Thanks-
They can not. When you subscript a value by its key/index, it must match exactly.
If you really wanted to use numeric keys, you could use array_values() on $_GET, but you will lose all the information about the keys. You could also use array_keys() to get the keys with numerical indexes.
Alternatively, as Phil mentions, you can reset() the internal pointer to get the first. You can also get the last with end(). You can also pop or shift with array_pop() and array_shift(), both which will return the value once the array is modified.
Yes, the key of an array element is either an integer (must not be starting with 0) or an associative key, not both.
You can access the items either with a loop like this:
foreach ($_GET as $key => $value) {
}
Or get the values as an numerical array starting with key 0 with the array_values() function or get the first value with reset().
You can do it this way:
$keys = array_keys($_GET);
echo "First item = " . $_GET[$keys[0]];
Nope, it is not possible.
Try this:
file.php?foo=bar
file.php contents:
<?php
print_r($_GET);
?>
You get
Array
(
[foo] => bar
)
If you want to access the element at 0, try file.php?0=foobar.
You can also use a foreach or for loop and simply break after the first element (or whatever element you happen to want to reach):
foreach($_GET as $value){
echo($value);
break;
}
Nope -- they are mapped by key value pairs. You can iterate the they KV pair into an indexed array though:
foreach($_GET as $key => $value) {
$getArray[] = $value;
}
You can now access the values by index within $getArray.
As another weird workaround, you can access the very first element using:
print $_GET[key($_GET)];
This utilizes the internal array pointer, like reset/end/current(), could be useful in an each() loop.
When sending data from a form to a second page, the value of the session is always with the name "Array" insteed of the expected number.
The data should get displayed in a table, but insteed of example 1, 2, 3 , 4 i get : Array, Array, Array.
(A 2-Dimensional Table is used)
Is the following code below a proper way to "call" upon the stored values on the 2nd page from the array ?
$test1 = $_SESSION["table"][0];
$test2 = $_SESSION["table"][1];
$test3 = $_SESSION["table"][2];
$test4 = $_SESSION["table"][3];
$test5 = $_SESSION["table"][4];
What exactly is this, and how can i fix this?
Is it some sort of override that needs to happen?
Best Regards.
You don't need any sort of override. The script is printing "Array" rather than a value, because you're trying to print to the screen a whole array, rather than a value within an array for example:
$some_array = array('0','1','2','3');
echo $some_array; //this will print out "Array"
echo $some_array[0]; //this will print "0"
print_r($some_array); //this will list all values within the array. Try it out!
print_r() is not useful for production code, because its ugly; however, for testing purposes it can keep you from pulling your hair out over nested arrays.
It's perfectly fine to access elements in your array by index: $some_array[2]
if you want it in a table you might do something like this:
<table>
<tr>
for($i = 0 ; $i < count($some_array) ; $i++) {
echo '<td>'.$some_array[$i].'</td>';
}
</tr>
</table>
As noted, try
echo "<pre>";
print_r($_SESSION);
echo "</pre>";
That should show you what's in the session array.
A 2-dimensional table is just an array of arrays.
So, by pulling out $_SESSION["table"][0], you're pulling out an array that represents the first row of the table.
If you want a specific value from that table, you need to pass the second index, too. i.e. $_SESSION["table"][0][0]
Or you could just be lazy and do $table = $_SESSION["table"]; at which point $table would be your normal table again.
A nice way ...
<?php
foreach ($_SESSION as $key => $value) {
echo $key . " => " . $value . "<br>";
}
?>