I'm writing a php web application where I have a nested array which looks similar to the following:
$results = array(
array(
array(
'ID' => 1,
'Name' => 'Hi'
)
),
array(
array(
'ID' => 2,
'Name' => 'Hello'
)
),
array(
array(
'ID' => 3,
'Name' => 'Hey'
)
)
);
Currently this means that when I want to use the ID field I have to call $results[0][0]['ID'] which is rather inefficient and with an array of over several hundred records becomes messy quickly. I would like to shrink the array down so that I can call $results[0]['ID'] instead.
My understanding is that a function that uses a foreach loop to iterate through each row in the array and change the format would be the best way to go about changing the format of the $results array but I am struggling to understand what to do after the foreach loop has each initial array.
Here is the code I have so far:
public function filterArray($results) {
$outputArray = array();
foreach ($results as $key => $row) {
}
return $outputArray;
}
Would anyone be able to suggest the most effective way to achieve what I am after?
Thanks :)
Simply use call_user_func_array as
$array = call_user_func_array('array_merge', $results);
print_r($array);
Demo
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I am new in PHP. I am working for send data using PHP API. Its method is like below
$createContact->setCustomFieldValues(
[
array(
'customFieldId' => 'pcVFD6',
'value' => array('35')
),
array(
'customFieldId' => 'pcVnzW',
'value' => array('37')
)
]
);
I have data in array like this
$aa = array("pcVFD6"=>"35", "pcVnzW"=>"37");
I want pass this values to above function but I am not getting idea about proper way to do it.
I have tried something like this
foreach ($aa as $key => $value){
$createContact->setCustomFieldValues([
array(
'customFieldId' => $key,
'value' => array($value)
)
]
);
}
its working but passing only last one array to API. Anyone here can please help me for achieve my goal?
Thanks!
You need to transform the array before you pass it to setCustomFieldValues. You don't want to be calling setCustomFieldValues multiple times as your current attempt does, as that's not equivalent to the original. You just need to change the structure of the array ahead of time.
For example:
$aa = array("pcVFD6"=>"35", "pcVnzW"=>"37");
$transformedArr = array();
foreach ($aa as $key => $value){
$transformedArr[] = array(
'customFieldId' => $key,
'value' => array($value)
);
}
$createContact->setCustomFieldValues($transformedArr);
I want to remove an item from an array. I can write this:
$item = array(
'id' => 1
'name' => 'name'
);
$item2 = $item;
unset($item2['id']);
$names[] = $item2;
but the last 3 lines are somewhat "cumbersome", soo un elegant. Can it be solved without creating $item2 ? Something like:
$item = array(
'id' => 1
'name' => 'name'
);
$names[] = array_ignore_index('id', $item);
From your codes, I can see that you are trying to get the names[] from item array. One possible simple solution for this specific scenario:
For example IF you have :
$items = array(
array(
//this is your item 1
'id' => 1,
'name' => 'name1'
),
array(
//this is item 2
'id' => 2,
'name' => 'name2'
)
);
and you want to retrieve the names in the names array.
You can just do:
$names = array_column($items, 'name');
It will return:
Array
(
[0] => "name1"
[1] => "name2"
)
Please note this solution is best fit for this specific scenario, it may not fit your current scenario depending.
The shortest out of the box solution is to create a diff of the array keys:
$names[] = array_diff_key($item, array_flip(['id']));
See http://php.net/array_diff_key.
function array_ignore_index($id,$item){ ///function
unset($item[$id]);
return $item;
}
$a=array('id'=>1,
'name'=>'name');
$b=array_ignore_index('name',$a);
echo $b['name']; //create error id is not present
Here is the code for required operation..
You can use unset array column
Code is
unset($item['id']);
To test it
print_r($item);
can someone tell me what is this code doing, As im new to Yii, learning about it.. im not able to understand few things.. Here is the code..
$allmsg = LogMsg::model()->findAll($criteria); //
$dataArr = array();
if (isset($allMsg) && sizeof($allMsg) != 0):
foreach ($allMsg as $msg) {
$dataArr[$msg->date][] = array( // array?
'category' => $msg->category, // what is that 'category' a variable or something else? and $msg->category, is what?
'time' => $msg->time,
'date' => $msg->date,
'user' => $msg->name
);
} endif;
$this->render('index', array(
'data' => $dataArr ) //what is that 'data'?
);
My question is, what is this line of code doing exactly in foreach loop
$dataArr[$msg->date][] = array(
'category' => $msg->category,
and here is second code... which has something like that..
$allCat = Categories::model()->findAll($criteria);
$catArr=array();
if(isset($allCat) && sizeof($allCat)!=0):
foreach ($allCat as $catModel) {
$catArr[$catModel->id] =$catModel;
}
endif;
return $catArr;
so what is this line doing in this code in foreach loop, what is different between these two lines in first and second code..
$catArr[$catModel->id] =$catModel;
last thing.. what is it
public static function getID($category)
{
$arr = array(
'ast'=>1, // what are these things? from where are they coming? db?
'fp'=>5, //
'per'=>3,
'ts'=>6,
'lg'=>3
);
return isset($arr[$category])?$arr[$category]:null; //Ternary - Condensed if/else statement
}
So as per your first question.
$dataArr[$msg->date][] = array(
'category' => $msg->category,
$allMsg is the active record object which u get through the db query. This object is traversed in a loop and each row is "$msg".
Hence you can access the attributes of the model through the $msg->category. 'category' here is the attribute of the model.
this is creating multidimensional array.
Your first question
$dataArr[$msg->date][] = array(
'category' => $msg->category,
will generate output like
[2016-03-04] => Array
(
[0] => Array
(
[category] => abc
)
)
And your second question
$catArr[$catModel->id] =$catModel;
will genrate output like
array(
[0] =>1,
[1] => 2,
[2] => 3,
)
Not tested.
I think, your question is not about Yii. You should read about arrays of PHP first. In the code multidimensional array have been used. It means that the array can contain another array as value.
What do
$categories[$id] = array('name' => $name, 'children' => array());
and
$categories[$parentId]['children'][] = array('id' => $id, 'name' => $name);
mean?
Thanks a lot.
How should i format the output so i can learn the results that was returned?
You can format your code into tables by looping on the array using for or foreach. Read the docs for each if you don't have a grasp on looping.
2.What does
$categories[$id] = array('name' => $name, 'children' => array());
and
$categories[$parentId]['children'][] = array('id' => $id, 'name' => $name);
The first line assigns an associative array to another element of the $categories array. For instance if you wanted the name of the category with ID of 6 it would look like this:
$categories[6]['name']
The second line does something similar, except when you are working with an array in PHP, you can use the [] operator to automatically add another element to the array with the next available index.
What is the uses of .= ?
This is the concatenation assignment operator. The following two statements are equal:
$string1 .= $string2
$string1 = $string1 . $string2
These all have to do with nesting arrays.
first example:
$categories[$id] = array('name' => $name, 'children' => array());
$categories is an array, and you are setting the key id to contain another array, which contains name and another array. you could accomplish something similar with this:
$categories = array(
$id => array(
'name' => $name,
'children' => array()
)
)
The second one is setting the children array from the first example. when you have arrays inside of arrays, you can use multiple indexes. It is then setting an ID and Name in that array. here is a another way to look at example #2:
$categories = array(
$parentID => array(
'children' => array(
'id' = $id,
'name' => $name
)
)
)
note: my two ways of rewriting are functionally identical to what you posted, I'm just hoping this makes it easier to visualize what's going on.
I would like to retrieve the first key from this multi-dimensional array.
Array
(
[User] => Array
(
[id] => 2
[firstname] => first
[lastname] => last
[phone] => 123-1456
[email] =>
[website] =>
[group_id] => 1
[company_id] => 1
)
)
This array is stored in $this->data.
Right now I am using key($this->data) which retrieves 'User' as it should but this doesn't feel like the correct way to reach the result.
Are there any other ways to retrieve this result?
Thanks
There are other ways of doing it but nothing as quick and as short as using key(). Every other usage is for getting all keys. For example, all of these will return the first key in an array:
$keys=array_keys($this->data);
echo $keys[0]; //prints first key
foreach ($this->data as $key => $value)
{
echo $key;
break;
}
As you can see both are sloppy.
If you want a oneliner, but you want to protect yourself from accidentally getting the wrong key if the iterator is not on the first element, try this:
reset($this->data);
reset():
reset() rewinds array 's internal
pointer to the first element and
returns the value of the first array
element.
But what you're doing looks fine to me. There is a function that does exactly what you want in one line; what else could you want?
Use this (PHP 5.5+):
echo reset(array_column($this->data, 'id'));
I had a similar problem to solve and was pleased to find this post. However, the solutions provided only works for 2 levels and do not work for a multi-dimensional array with any number of levels. I needed a solution that could work for an array with any dimension and could find the first keys of each level.
After a bit of work I found a solution that may be useful to someone else and therefore I included my solution as part of this post.
Here is a sample start array:
$myArray = array(
'referrer' => array(
'week' => array(
'201901' => array(
'Internal' => array(
'page' => array(
'number' => 201,
'visits' => 5
)
),
'External' => array(
'page' => array(
'number' => 121,
'visits' => 1
)
),
),
'201902' => array(
'Social' => array(
'page' => array(
'number' => 921,
'visits' => 100
)
),
'External' => array(
'page' => array(
'number' => 88,
'visits' => 4
)
),
)
)
)
);
As this function needs to display all the fist keys whatever the dimension of the array, this suggested a recursive function and my function looks like this:
function getFirstKeys($arr){
$keys = '';
reset($arr);
$key = key($arr);
$arr1 = $arr[$key];
if (is_array($arr1)){
$keys .= $key . '|'. getFirstKeys($arr1);
} else {
$keys = $key;
}
return $keys;
}
When the function is called using the code:
$xx = getFirstKeys($myArray);
echo '<h4>Get First Keys</h4>';
echo '<li>The keys are: '.$xx.'</li>';
the output is:
Get First Keys
The keys are: referrer|week|201901|Internal|page|number
I hope this saves someone a bit of time should they encounter a similar problem.