codeigniter insert multi-dimensional array to the database - php

Question

Hello I have this multi dimensional array which needs to be inserted to the database table.
so far I have come up with this solution which don't work fully. I have a form that support dynamic fields many dynamic fields. I want to save those dynamically created fields using this function. First I had been able to create a loop to format the data.
I used this loop to format the data
$url = str_replace(' ','-',strtolower($this->input->post('title')));
$data = ['business' => [
'title' => $this->input->post('title'),
'URL' => $url,
'category' => $this->input->post('category'),
'region' => $this->input->post('region')
],
'description_' => [
'text' => $this->input->post('description'),
],
'logo_' => [
'blob' => $this->input->post('logo'),
]];
$nyingi = [ 'location_' => ['text' => 'loc_txt','priority' => 'loc_order'],
'photo_' => ['path' => 'p_txt'],
'video_' => ['path' => 'v_txt'],
'product_' => ['p_id' => 'pt_q', 'text' => 'pt_txt', 'expire' => 'pt_xpr', 'title' => 'pt_tt'],
'service_' => ['p_id' => 'st_q', 'text' => 'st_txt', 'expire' => 'st_xpr', 'title' => 'st_tt'],
'hours_' => ['time1' => 't1', 'time2' => 't2', 'type' => 'tt'],
'map_' => ['text' => 'm_txt']
];
foreach($nyingi as $ins => $vl){
foreach($vl as $fld => $box){
$uwazi = $this->input->post($box);
if(is_array($uwazi) && 1<count($uwazi)){
foreach($uwazi as $bb){
$one[$ins][$fld][] = $bb;
}
} elseif(is_array($uwazi) && 1==count($uwazi)) {
print_r($uwazi);
}
}
}
for($g=0;$g<count($one);$g++){
for($h=0;$h<count($one[$g]);$h++){
for($z=0;$z<count($one[$g][$h]);$z++){
//if(array_key_exists($one[$g][$h+1], $one)){
print $one[$g][$h][$z+1];
//}
}
}
}
$data = array_merge($data, $one);
The output of the above code
[location_] => Array
(
[text] => Array
(
[0] => Lemara Main Office
[1] => Themi branch
[2] => Sinoni branch
)
[priority] => Array
(
[0] => 1
[1] => 2
[2] => 3
)
)
[photo_] => Array
(
[path] => Array
(
[0] => lemaraphoto.png
[1] => themiphoto.png
[2] => sinoniphoto.png
)
)
[video_] => Array
(
[path] => Array
(
[0] => lemaravideo.mp4
[1] => themivideo.mp4
[2] => sinonivideo.mp4
)
)
[product_] => Array
(
[p_id] => Array
(
[0] => product photo
[1] => product 3 photo
[2] => Product 2 photo
)
[text] => Array
(
[0] => product desc
[1] => product 3 desc
[2] => product 2 desc
)
[expire] => Array
(
[0] => product expire
[1] => product 3 expire
[2] => Product 2 expire
)
[title] => Array
(
[0] => product
[1] => Product 3
[2] => Product 2
)
)
[service_] => Array
(
[p_id] => Array
(
[0] => Service 2 photo
[1] => service 3 photo
[2] => service photo
)
[text] => Array
(
[0] => service 2 desc
[1] => service 3 desc
[2] => service desc
)
[expire] => Array
(
[0] => Service 2 expire
[1] => service 3 expire
[2] => service expire
)
[title] => Array
(
[0] => Service 2
[1] => service 3
[2] => service
)
)
)
I have this add_bz function
function add_bz($data){
$this->db->trans_start(); $er=0;
foreach($data as $table => $sql){
if($table==="business"){
$this->db->insert($table, $sql);
$id = $this->db->insert_id();
} else {
array_merge($sql, array('idd' => $id));
$this->db->insert($table, $sql);}
}
$this->db->trans_complete();
if ($this->db->trans_status() === FALSE){print "Transaction Fails";return FALSE;}
return TRUE;
}
That function allows me to insert the data in this format only.
[[business] => Array
(
[title] => Email Marketing
[URL] => email-marketing
[category] => 3
[region] => 2
)
[description_] => Array
(
[text] => Some desc
)
[logo_] => Array
(
[blob] => mainlogo.png
)
]
as business, decription_, logo_ are db tables where title, URL, category, region, text, blob are the db columns to the corresponding tables and the rest is data that goes to those columns.
How I want it to works. For example in location_
I want to the array to change into my working format or something else that will work like this
location_ => ['text' => [[0] => 'Lemara Main Office'],
'priority' => [[0] => '1']
]
location_ => ['text' => [[1] => 'Themi Office'],
'priority' => [[1] => '2']
]
location_ => ['text' => [[2] => 'Sinoni Office'],
'priority' => [[2] => '3']
]
or like this
location_ => [0 => [['text' => 'Lemara Main Office'],
['priority' => '1']
],
1 => [['text' => 'Themi Main Office'],
['priority' => '2']
],
2 => [['text' => 'Sinoni Main Office'],
['priority' => '3']
]
],
And also support many columns not just the two.
Any help is deeply appreciated as I have been struggling for days to make this work. Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

I would suggest you convert your array to JSON String then insert it to DB as text.
JSON would handle your multidimentional data so well,
To convert your array to JSON : http://php.net/manual/en/function.json-encode.php
To convert your JSON to Array : http://php.net/manual/en/function.json-decode.php