Create array nested PHP - php

Question

Hi all' I have a page into PHP where I retrieve XML data from a server and I want to store this data into an array.
This is my code:
foreach ($xml->DATA as $entry){
foreach ($entry->HOTEL_DATA as $entry2){
$id = (string)$entry2->attributes()->HOTEL_CODE;
$hotel_array2 = array();
$hotel_array2['id'] = $entry2->ID;
$hotel_array2['name'] = utf8_decode($entry2->HOTEL_NAME);
$i=0;
foreach($entry2->ROOM_DATA as $room){
$room_array = array();
$room_array['id'] = (string)$room->attributes()->CCHARGES_CODE;
$hotel_array2['rooms'][$i] = array($room_array);
$i++;
}
array_push($hotel_array, $hotel_array2);
}
}
In this mode I have the array hotel_array which all hotel with rooms.
The problem is that: into my XML I can have multiple hotel with same ID (the same hotel) with same information but different rooms.
If I have an hotel that I have already inserted into my hotel_array I don't want to insert a new array inside it but I only want to take its rooms array and insert into the exisiting hotel.
Example now my situation is that:
hotel_array{
[0]{
id = 1,
name = 'test'
rooms{
id = 1
}
}
[0]{
id = 2,
name = 'test2'
rooms{
id = 100
}
}
[0]{
id = 1,
name = 'test'
rooms{
id = 30
}
}
}
I'd like to have this result instead:
hotel_array{
[0]{
id = 1,
name = 'test'
rooms{
[0]{
id = 1
}
[1]{
id = 30
}
}
}
[0]{
id = 2,
name = 'test2'
rooms{
id = 100
}
}
}
How to create an array like this?
Thanks

Answer 1

first thing is it helps to keep the hotel id as the index on hotel_array when your creating it.
foreach ($xml->DATA as $entry){
foreach ($entry->HOTEL_DATA as $entry2){
$id = (string)$entry2->attributes()->HOTEL_CODE;
$hotel_array2 = array();
$hotel_array2['id'] = $entry2->ID;
$hotel_array2['name'] = utf8_decode($entry2->HOTEL_NAME);
$i=0;
foreach($entry2->ROOM_DATA as $room){
$room_array = array();
$room_array['id'] = (string)$room->attributes()->CCHARGES_CODE;
$hotel_array2['rooms'][$i] = array($room_array);
$i++;
}
if (!isset($hotel_array[$hotel_array2['id']])) {
$hotel_array[$hotel_array2['id']] = $hotel_array2;
} else {
$hotel_array[$hotel_array2['id']]['rooms'] = array_merge($hotel_array[$hotel_array2['id']]['rooms'], $hotel_array2['rooms']);
}
}
}

Answer 2

Whilst this is the similar answer to DevZer0 (+1), there is also quite a bit that can be done to simplify your workings... there is no need to use array_merge for one, or be specific about $i within your rooms array.
$hotels = array();
foreach ($xml->DATA as $entry){
foreach ($entry->HOTEL_DATA as $entry2){
$id = (string) $entry2->attributes()->HOTEL_CODE;
if ( empty($hotels[$id]) ) {
$hotels[$id] = array(
'id' => $id,
'name' => utf8_decode($entry2->HOTEL_NAME),
'rooms' => array(),
);
}
foreach($entry2->ROOM_DATA as $room){
$hotels[$id]['rooms'][] = array(
'id' => (string) $room->attributes()->CCHARGES_CODE;
);
}
}
}
Just in case it helps...

Answer 3

And this :)
$hotel_array = array();
foreach ($xml->DATA as $entry)
{
foreach ($entry->HOTEL_DATA as $entry2)
{
$hotel_code = (string) $entry2->attributes()->HOTEL_CODE;
if (false === isset($hotel_array[$hotel_code]))
{
$hotel = array(
'id' => $entry2->ID,
'code' => $hotel_code,
'name' => utf8_decode($entry2->HOTEL_NAME)
);
foreach($entry2->ROOM_DATA as $room)
{
$hotel['rooms'][] = array(
'id' => (string)$room->attributes()->CCHARGES_CODE,
);
}
$hotel_array[$hotel_code] = $hotel;
}
}
}