array format issue PHP - php

Question

I want to change an array format according to my needs. When I fetch data from a database using cakephp find('all') method, it returns something that is not in the format that I expected.
My resultant array is:
Array
(
[0] => Array
(
[DriverLocation] => Array
(
[id] => 15
[dispensary_id] => 1
[driver_id] => 85
[zip_code_id] => 43
[created] => 2015-05-20 12:25:34
)
[ZipCode] => Array
(
[id] => 43
[province_id] => 3846
[city] => Rohtak
[zip_code] => 15478
[status] => active
)
[UserProfile] => Array
(
[first_name] => Arman
[last_name] => Kumar
)
)
[1] => Array
(
[DriverLocation] => Array
(
[id] => 19
[dispensary_id] => 1
[driver_id] => 43
[zip_code_id] => 42
[created] => 2015-05-20 12:37:12
)
[ZipCode] => Array
(
[id] => 42
[province_id] => 3846
[city] => Rohtak
[zip_code] => 30215
[status] => active
)
[UserProfile] => Array
(
[first_name] => Pawan
[last_name] => Kumar
)
)
[2] => Array
(
[DriverLocation] => Array
(
[id] => 20
[dispensary_id] => 1
[driver_id] => 83
[zip_code_id] => 42
[created] => 2015-05-20 12:37:28
)
[ZipCode] => Array
(
[id] => 42
[province_id] => 3846
[city] => Rohtak
[zip_code] => 30215
[status] => active
)
[UserProfile] => Array
(
[first_name] => Ramesh
[last_name] => Saini
)
)
[3] => Array
(
[DriverLocation] => Array
(
[id] => 26
[dispensary_id] => 1
[driver_id] => 83
[zip_code_id] => 43
[created] => 2015-05-20 12:43:59
)
[ZipCode] => Array
(
[id] => 43
[province_id] => 3846
[city] => Rohtak
[zip_code] => 15478
[status] => active
)
[UserProfile] => Array
(
[first_name] => Ramesh
[last_name] => Saini
)
)
[4] => Array
(
[DriverLocation] => Array
(
[id] => 41
[dispensary_id] => 1
[driver_id] => 83
[zip_code_id] => 6
[created] => 2015-05-21 05:23:53
)
[ZipCode] => Array
(
[id] => 6
[province_id] => 3846
[city] => Whittier
[zip_code] => 90607
[status] => active
)
[UserProfile] => Array
(
[first_name] => Ramesh
[last_name] => Saini
)
)
)
And I want to convert it into something like this:
Array
(
[DriverLocation] => Array
(
[id] => 15
[dispensary_id] => 1
[driver_id] => 85
)
[ZipCode] => Array
(
[zip_code] => Array
(
[0] => 15478
)
[city] => Array
(
[0] => Rohtak
)
)
[UserProfile] => Array
(
[first_name] => Arman
[last_name] => Kumar
)
)
Array
(
[DriverLocation] => Array
(
[id] => 19
[dispensary_id] => 1
[driver_id] => 43
)
[ZipCode] => Array
(
[zip_code] => Array
(
[0] => 30215
)
[city] => Array
(
[0] => Rohtak
)
)
[UserProfile] => Array
(
[first_name] => Pawan
[last_name] => Kumar
)
)
Array
(
[DriverLocation] => Array
(
[id] => 20
[dispensary_id] => 1
[driver_id] => 83
)
[ZipCode] => Array
(
[zip_code] => Array
(
[0] => 30215
[1] => 15478
[2] => 90607
)
[city] => Array
(
[0] => Rohtak
[1] => Rohtak
[2] => Whittier
)
)
[UserProfile] => Array
(
[first_name] => Ramesh
[last_name] => Saini
)
)
Filter according to DriverLocation->driver_id

Answer 1

Seems that these arrays are exactly the same, except that you put every "record" of DriverLocation in its own variable. The idea here is that you receive the data from the DriverLocation Model in the fictional controller and put it in a variable; for example:
$allDriverLocations = $this->DriverLocation->find("all");
Now $allDriverLocations contains the first one of your mentioned arrays.
Next step is to pass it to the view:
$this->set(compact("allDriverLocations"));
And now to create a table in the associated view you should iterate through $allDriverLocations:
<table>
<tbody>
<?php
// Loop through the array with a foreach
foreach($allDriverLocations as $driverLocation){
// Create the table row here using the HtmlHelper.
// If you want to reach "Rohtak" for example, you use $driverLocation["Zipcode"]["city"] to print it.
}
?>
</tbody>
</table>
I wouldn't know why you should not follow Cake's easy conventions...