How to get in php foreach value from other array? - php

Question

I get images in a array then i read it with a foreach this are images, but how can i get also image text, my example is here:
$slideImages = array('image/path/image1', 'image/path/image2', 'image/path/image13');
$slideText = array('image text 1', 'image text 2', 'image text 3');
if($slideImages) :
echo '<ul>';
foreach($slideImages as $slideImage) :
?>
<li>
<div>IMAGE TEXT</div>
<img src="<?php echo $slideImage; ?>" />
</li>
<?php
endforeach;
echo '</ul>';
endif;
I need to embed also image text from the true position, i know how to do it with for but so is not efficient... it's something like this possible?

Answer 1

Assuming the keys are the same, use the $key in the foreach:
foreach($slideImages as $key => $slideImage) :
?>
<li>
<div>IMAGE TEXT</div>
<img src="<?php echo $slideImage; ?>" />
<?php echo $slideText[$key]; ?>
</li>
<?php
endforeach;

Answer 2

You could also change the way you store the info and keep them in one multidimensional array.
$slides = array(
array( image => "image/path/image1", text => "image text 1"),
array( image => "image/path/image2", text => "image text 2"),
array( image => "image/path/image3", text => "image text 3")
);
Then you would iterate through the $slides array and just pull out the image and text for each:
foreach($slides as $slide)
{
echo "Text:".$slide["text"];
echo "Image Path:".$slide["image"];
}
This organizes your code a little better so you don't wind up with something crazy going on should your two arrays wind up out of sync.

Answer 3

simplified example:
foreach($slideImages as $key=>$var){
echo $var;
echo $slideText[$key];
}