Converting array to individual variables - php

Question

I am using simplehtmldom to parse a webpage and extract a data and then put it in a mysql database. I successfully extracted the data and put it in array but now the problem i am facing is how to convert this array to variable so that I may use it in my database query to insert the record in the specific fields. I want to convert array to individual variables
here is the code
<?php
include("simple_html_dom.php");
$html = file_get_html('abc.html');
$sched = array();
foreach ( $html->find('tr[class=highlight-darkgrey]') as $event ) {
$item['title'] = trim($event->find('td', 1)->plaintext);
$sched[] = $item;
}
var_dump($sched);
?>
and the output is
array (size=6)
0 =>
array (size=1)
'title' => string 'Network admin, field engineer, engineering analyst, sales executive, PA to HR director Required by Telecommunication Company' (length=124)
1 =>
array (size=1)
'title' => string 'Karachi, Hydrabad, Lahore, Rawalpindi, Peshawar, Multan, Faisalabad' (length=67)
2 =>
array (size=1)
'title' => string '5 - 6 Years' (length=11)
3 =>
array (size=1)
'title' => string 'Knowledge of Field' (length=18)
4 =>
array (size=1)
'title' => string '' (length=0)
5 =>
array (size=1)
'title' => string '- Salary and incentives are not full and final. Can be discussed on final interview.
Can please somebody help me in achieving it. Thanks in advance

Answer 1

Well, if this needs to go in specific fields then you can do something like this:
INSERT INTO table_name (column1, column2, column3,...)
VALUES ($sched[0]['title'], $sched[1]['title'], $sched[2]['title'],...);

Answer 2

Php has a function for getting individual variables, extract() http://php.net/manual/en/function.extract.php
However I don't know why you would do that instead of just using a loop to go though your array.

Answer 3

You mean somethign like
foreach($sched as $item) {
$title = $item['title'];
insert_into_db($title);
}
?

Answer 4

Why do you want to move data from one perfectly good location i.e. the array into a scalar variable.
Double your memory usage for no actual reason.
I assume you are going to want to store the title's in a table
So you can :
foreach ( $sched as $one_sched ) {
// do your database update using $one_sched['title'] as the data identifier.
}

Answer 5

Why not use the array values directly? Also to me it makes no sense to build a subarray where every field is called title.
$sched = array();
foreach ( $html->find('tr[class=highlight-darkgrey]') as $event ) {
$sched[] = trim($event->find('td', 1)->plaintext);
}
Then access the values like:
$value0 = $sched[0];
$value1 = $sched[1];
// PDO example
$sth = $dbh->prepare(
'INSERT INTO table VALUES (?, ?, ...)'
);
$sth->execute(array($sched[0], $sched[1], ...));
// or if array count is right
$sth->execute($sched);