PHP Split array in subarrays - php

Question

Note, array_chunk is not my solution (It seems to me).
I have an array of about 150.000 elements
Array
(
[0] => Array
(
[name] => Danilo
[phone] => 33568
)
[1] => Array
(
[name] => Alessandro
[phone] => 392222
)
[2] => Array
(
[name] => Alex
[phone] => 3922
)
[3] => Array
(
[name] => Capa
[phone] => 392
)
)
And so on. I would split this array in several arrays, of (for example) 3.000 elements every one.
I saw array_chunk, but it returns a single array with several subarray.
I need several subarray to store them in a database and elaborate in future.
I'm getting crazy to write a snippet starting from that $temp and divide it into smaller array.
$size_chunks = 1;
$temp = array_chunk($recipients, $size_chunks);
foreach ($temp as $key=>$value)
{
if ($key<$size_chunks)
{
$to_store[] = $temp[$key];
}
//print_r($to_store);
// pseudo sql
// INSERT INTO table (sub_recipient) VALUES ($to_store);
$to_store = array();
}
So, every time that for loop end, reduce temp, store $to_store array and restart for others chunks.
Thank you very much.
PS in my example chunk==1 because starting array is small... ;)
With my example of chunk = 1, I need from starting array this 4 arrays:
Array
(
[0] => Array
(
[name] => Danilo
[phone] => 33568
)
)
Array
(
[0] => Array
(
[name] => Alessandro
[phone] => 39222
)
)
Array
(
[0] => Array
(
[name] => Alex
[phone] => 39222
)
)
Array
(
[0] => Array
(
[name] => Capa
[phone] => 392
)
)
Another explain
1 - With a starting array of 15.000 elements, and chunk of 3.000, I need in output (15.000 / 3.000) = 5 arrays. I will save them in database, so in DB I will have 5 rows (a row for every array).
2 - With a starting array of 4 elements, and chunk of 1, I need in output (4 / 1) = 4 arrays. I will save them in database, so in DB I will have 4 rows (a row for every array).

Answer 1

array_chunks() already does what you want, you just have to save it:
$chunks = array_chunk($array, $size_chunks);
foreach ($chunks as $chunk) {
// save $chunk to your database
}

Answer 2

$recipients = Array(
Array("fdbvfdb","dsacsdcds"),
Array("hrloo","dacdsc"),
Array("dcsdc","adcsd"),
Array("dcsdc","adcsd")
);
$total = count($recipients);//count 150.000 elements
$i=1;
for($i=0;$i<$total;$i++){
$O = array_slice($recipients,$i,1);
print_r($O);
//Your insert/Save code
}
you can use this code there is uses Array_Slice