Combining arrays - PHP - php

Question

I have an array like:
print_r($arr);
array(2) {
["'type'"]=>
array(3) {
[0]=>
string(17) "tell" // <----
[1]=>
string(6) "mobile" // <----
[2]=>
string(6) "address" // <----
}
["'value'"]=>
array(3) {
[0]=>
string(11) "+00.0000000" // tell
[1]=>
string(11) "12345678" // mobile
[2]=>
string(11) "Blah SQ." // address
}
}
I want a final string like:
tell = +00.0000000<br />mobile = 12345678<br />address = Blah SQ.
Now it's been more than an hour I'm struggling with this but no results yet, anyone could help me with this? I would appreciate anykind of help.
Thanks
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What I have tried:
$arr is an array so I did:
foreach($arr as $values){
// here also $values is an array, so I needed another foreach to access to items:
$i = 0;
foreach($values as $items){
// now making the final output
#$output.= $items['type'][$i] . '=' . $items['value'][$i] . '<br />';
$i++;
}
}

Answer 1

I'd go for array_combine(). Basically it does what you request:
$yourArray = [
"type" => ["tell", "mobile", "address"],
"value" => ["+00.0000000", "12345678", "Blah SQ."]
];
$combined = array_combine($yourArray["type"], $yourArray["value"]);
will be
$combined = [
"tell" =>"+00.0000000",
"mobile" =>"12345678",
"address" =>"Blah SQ."
];
Lastly, you can iterate through that array and then join the values:
$finalArray=array();
foreach($combined as $type=>$value)
$finalArray[]="$type=$value";
$string = join("<br/>", $finalArray); // Will output tell=+00.000000<br/>mobile=12345678<br/>address=Blah SQ.
It's not the fastest method but you'll learn quite a bit about arrays.

Answer 2

EDIT (using array_combine by #Dencker)
foreach($arr as $values) {
// here also $values is an array, so I needed another foreach to access to items:
$v = array_combine($values["'type'"], $values["'value'"]);
foreach($v as $key => $val) {
// now making the final output
$output.= $key . '=' . $val . '<br />';
}
}
Try this
$arr = array(
array(
"'type'" => array('tell', 'mobile', 'address'),
"'value'" => array('+00000', '123123', 'foo')
),
array(
"'type'" => array('tell', 'mobile', 'address'),
"'value'" => array('+10000', '123123', 'bar')
),
array(
"'type'" => array('tell', 'mobile', 'address'),
"'value'" => array('+20000', '123123', 'foobar')
),
);
var_dump($arr);
$output = '';
foreach($arr as $values) {
// here also $values is an array, so I needed another foreach to access to items:
$i = 0;
foreach($values as $items) {
// now making the final output
$output.= $values["'type'"][$i] . '=' . $values["'value'"][$i] . '<br />';
$i++;
}
}
echo $output;
You were referencing the other array in the second loop.
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EDIT:
var_dump($arr);
array(3) {
[0]=> array(2) {
["type"]=> array(3) {
[0]=> string(4) "tell"
[1]=> string(6) "mobile"
[2]=> string(7) "address"
}
["value"]=> array(3) {
[0]=> string(6) "+00000"
[1]=> string(6) "123123"
[2]=> string(3) "foo"
}
}
[1]=> array(2) {
["type"]=> array(3) {
[0]=> string(4) "tell"
[1]=> string(6) "mobile"
[2]=> string(7) "address"
}
["value"]=> array(3) {
[0]=> string(6) "+10000"
[1]=> string(6) "123123"
[2]=> string(3) "bar"
}
}
[2]=> array(2) {
["type"]=> array(3) {
[0]=> string(4) "tell"
[1]=> string(6) "mobile"
[2]=> string(7) "address"
}
["value"]=> array(3) {
[0]=> string(6) "+20000"
[1]=> string(6) "123123"
[2]=> string(6) "foobar"
}
}
}
OUTPUT:
tell=+00000
mobile=123123
tell=+10000
mobile=123123
tell=+20000
mobile=123123