break multidimensional array - php

Question

I want to break down an multidimensional array into further single arrays.
Here is my array display..
Array
(
[family] => opensans
[variants] => Array
(
[0] => 300
[1] => 300italic
[2] => regular
[3] => italic
[4] => 600
[5] => 600italic
)
[subsets] => Array
(
[0] => cyrillic-ext
[1] => vietnamese
[2] => greek-ext
[3] => greek
[4] => cyrillic
[5] => latin-ext
[6] => latin
)
)
I want family/variants/subsets in different arrays so please help me.
Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

This sounds to simple but if that is your complete array all you need to do is
Assuming your big array is called $bigArray
$family = $bigArray['family'];
$variants = $bigArray['variants'];
$subsets = $bigArray['subsets'];
echo $family;
print_r($variants);
print_r($subsets);
$family of course will not be an array as $bigArray['family'] is not an array so $family will just be a string.

Answer 2

Try to use dynamic variables(php.net):
foreach ($array as $newVar => $newData) {
$$newVar = $newData;
}
var_dump($family);
var_dump($variants);
var_dump($subsets);

Answer 3

Let say that your array of
Array
(
[family] => opensans
[variants] => Array
(
[0] => 300
[1] => 300italic
[2] => regular
[3] => italic
[4] => 600
[5] => 600italic
)
[subsets] => Array
(
[0] => cyrillic-ext
[1] => vietnamese
[2] => greek-ext
[3] => greek
[4] => cyrillic
[5] => latin-ext
[6] => latin
)
)
is stored in a variable $myArr
You then need to do this.
foreach($myArr as $key => $value):
${key} = $value;
endforeach;
Should give you 3 arrays stored as $family, variants & subsets. Not sure about family, is that a string? in which case it will be string again unless you force it as a array.