Multi Dimensional array printing - php

Question

I'm trying very hard to display this multi dimentional array for past 3 to 4 days to no avail.
All I need to do is to display like below:
carName:
carImage:
days:
amount: // this is where I'm facing the problem to display all the days and amount related to specific car..One car will have few days and amount quoted for each day.
//pls look at my code and help... Thanks
<?php
mysql_select_db($database);
$query_showall = "SELECT rental.*,
car_name.*,
gallery.*,
car_make.*
FROM rental,
car_name,
gallery,
car_make
WHERE car_name.carName_id = gallery.carName_id
AND car_name.carMake_id = car_make.carMake_id
AND rental.carName_id = car_name.carName_id
GROUP BY rental.carName_id";
$result_showall = mysql_query($query_showall) or die(mysql_error());
while($row_showall = mysql_fetch_array($result_showall)) {
$carMake_all = $row_showall['carName'];
$carmake_1[$row_showall['carName_id']][] = $row_showall;
}
foreach($carmake_1 as $make_1=>$name_1) {
foreach($name_1 as $n_1) {
echo $n_1['carName'].'<br/>';
echo $n_1['gallery'].'<br/>';
/* I need to loop through the rental table
to retrieve num of days and amount for
each car here.. */
echo $n_1['rental_days'].'<br/>';
echo $n_1['rental_amount'].'<br/>';
}
}
?>
edit without GROUP BY But how can I stop the carName and imageName not to repeat ?
<?php
mysql_select_db($database);
$query_showall="SELECT rental.*,car_name.*,gallery.*,car_make.* FROM rental,car_name,gallery,car_make WHERE car_name.carName_id=gallery.carName_id AND
car_name.carMake_id=car_make.carMake_id AND rental.carName_id=car_name.carName_id ORDER BY rental_days ASC";
$result_showall=mysql_query($query_showall)or die(mysql_error());
while($row_showall=mysql_fetch_array($result_showall))
{
$carMake_all=$row_showall['carName'];
$carmake_1[$row_showall['carName_id']][]=$row_showall;
}
foreach($carmake_1 as $make_1=>$name_1)
{
foreach($name_1 as $n_1)
{
echo $n_1['carName'].'<br/>';
echo $n_1['gallery'].'<br/>';
echo $n_1['rental_days'].'<br/>';
echo $n_1['rental_amount'].'<br/>';
}
}
?>

Answer 1

Okay, I'll take a shot at this. What I would do is rebuild the array before you try to dump it out so that all your data is organized the way you want it to display, that way at each step of the foreach you can only display what you want.
This code would use your SQL statement without the group by, which as you stated is including all the data.
// Start with an empty array...
$cars = array();
// Loop over all your results
while($row_showall = mysql_fetch_array($result_showall)) {
// Set name, if the ID comes up again, it will be reset but won't hurt anything
$cars[$row_showall['carName_id']]['name'] = $row_showall['carName'];
// Set gallery, if the ID comes up again, it will be reset but won't hurt anything
$cars[$row_showall['carName_id']]['gallery'] = $row_showall['gallery'];
// Now, we add a new property called 'details' and put a new array in...
$cars[$row_showall['carName_id']]['details'][] = array(
// Storing a unique day
'days' => ['rental_days'],
// And a unique amount
'amount' => ['rental_amount']
);
}
// Loop over each entry in our array...
foreach($cars as $car) {
// Print out the name, once
echo $car['name'] . '<br />';
// Print out the gallery, once
echo $car['gallery'] . '<br />';
// Loop over all the details...
foreach($car['details'] as $detail) {
// Print out each day
echo $detail['days'] . '<br />';
// Print out each amount
echo $detail['amount'] . '<br />';
}
}