cakephp manually building arrays - php

Question

I have a relationship where a quote habtm applicants. I am trying to get a quote to save with multiple applicants at once. I already have an array of the applicants I need but I don't know how to format that array to get it to save when I insert it into the quote array.
The applicant array looks like this:
array(
(int) 0 => array(
'Applicant' => array(
'id' => '436',
'clientcase_id' => '66',
'archive_id' => '1',
'birthdate' => '2013-09-21 01:41:00',
'title' => '',
'first_name' => 'george',
'middle_name' => 'a',
'surname' => 'summerlane',
'email' => 'email#q.com',
'landline_number' => '88465120.',
'mobile_number' => '',
'applicant_type' => '',
'created' => '2013-09-21 01:43:10',
'modified' => '2013-09-21 01:43:10'
)
),
(int) 1 => array(
'Applicant' => array(
'id' => '435',
'clientcase_id' => '66',
'archive_id' => '1',
'birthdate' => '2013-09-21 01:41:00',
'title' => '',
'first_name' => 'mary',
'middle_name' => 's',
'surname' => 'amnn',
'email' => 'some#this.cin',
'landline_number' => '465132',
'mobile_number' => '',
'applicant_type' => '',
'created' => '2013-09-21 01:41:48',
'modified' => '2013-09-21 01:41:48'
)
),
(int) 2 => array(
'Applicant' => array(
'id' => '66',
'clientcase_id' => '66',
'archive_id' => '1',
'birthdate' => null,
'title' => null,
'first_name' => 'Tania',
'middle_name' => '',
'surname' => 'Humphreys',
'email' => 'purple67#me.com',
'landline_number' => null,
'mobile_number' => '0438854355',
'applicant_type' => 'Main applicant',
'created' => '2012-10-29 00:00:00',
'modified' => '2012-10-21 00:00:00'
)
)
)
I need one that looks like this:
array(
'Applicants' => array(
'id' => 435,
'id' => 436,
'id' => 66
)
)
How might I go about doing this?
Or is there a better way?
When I save a quote the array looks like this:
array(
'QuoteButton' => 'Submit',
'Quote' => array(
'date' => array(
'day' => '13',
'month' => '10',
'year' => '2013'
),
'description' => '',
'quote_accepted' => '0',
'research_accepted' => '0',
'cc_accepted' => '0',
'pesel_accepted' => '0',
'setfees_accepted' => '0',
'total' => '0'
),
'Applicant' => array(
'id' => '66'
),
How do I insert more than one applicant into the array?

Answer 1

An array can't have the same id, but can crate another array like this:
$datas = array(
(int) 0 => array(
'Applicant' => array(
'id' => '436',
'clientcase_id' => '66',
'archive_id' => '1',
'birthdate' => '2013-09-21 01:41:00',
'title' => '',
'first_name' => 'george',
'middle_name' => 'a',
'surname' => 'summerlane',
'email' => 'email#q.com',
'landline_number' => '88465120.',
'mobile_number' => '',
'applicant_type' => '',
'created' => '2013-09-21 01:43:10',
'modified' => '2013-09-21 01:43:10'
)
),
(int) 1 => array(
'Applicant' => array(
'id' => '435',
'clientcase_id' => '66',
'archive_id' => '1',
'birthdate' => '2013-09-21 01:41:00',
'title' => '',
'first_name' => 'mary',
'middle_name' => 's',
'surname' => 'amnn',
'email' => 'some#this.cin',
'landline_number' => '465132',
'mobile_number' => '',
'applicant_type' => '',
'created' => '2013-09-21 01:41:48',
'modified' => '2013-09-21 01:41:48'
)
),
(int) 2 => array(
'Applicant' => array(
'id' => '66',
'clientcase_id' => '66',
'archive_id' => '1',
'birthdate' => null,
'title' => null,
'first_name' => 'Tania',
'middle_name' => '',
'surname' => 'Humphreys',
'email' => 'purple67#me.com',
'landline_number' => null,
'mobile_number' => '0438854355',
'applicant_type' => 'Main applicant',
'created' => '2012-10-29 00:00:00',
'modified' => '2012-10-21 00:00:00'
)
)
);
$ids = array();
foreach($datas as $data => $applicants) {
$ids[] = $applicants['Applicant']['id'];
}
print_r($ids);
Output:
Array ( [0] => 436 [1] => 435 [2] => 66 )
How to use the ids? Like this:
foreach($ids as $key => $id) {
// do whatever you want with the applicant id
}

Answer 2

like tttony pointed out, array indexes need to be unique so i would:
$ids = array();
foreach($array as $applicant)
$ids[$applicant['Applicant']['id']] = null;
which will output:
Array
(
[436] =>
[435] =>
[66] =>
)
now id is key to $ids array...you could add something else as value rather than null