Grouping data and presenting in a table from an api - php

Question

I am returning data in a for each loop in 2 strings from an api like this:
eg $key = "2012 q4"; and $value = "34542";
*2012 q4* **34542**
*2012 q3* **35383**
*2012 q2* **36171**
*2012 q1* **36926**
*2011 q4* **37913**
*2011 q3* **38740**
*2011 q2* **39641**
*2011 q1* **40548**
I would then like to display it in this format in a table
year q1 q2 q3 q4
2012 36926 36171 35383 34542
2011 40548 39641 38740 37913
This is all I have so far, literally clueless on how to go from here.
foreach($hm["quarterly_tax"]["licensed"] as $key => $value) {
echo $key." ".$value."<br />";
}
I could work out the year and quarter by doing this I guess:
$year = substr($key, 0, 4);
$quater = substr($key, 5, 7);
but stuck from then on...
Any help would be appreciated

Answer 1

Have not tested it, but should give you the some idea for the logic.
foreach($hm["quarterly_tax"]["licensed"] as $key => $value) {
$year = substr($key, 0, 4);
$quater = substr($key, 5, 7);
$arr[$year][$q][] = $value;
}
Now you will have an 3d array that's sorted per possible values, should be something like this : `
Array
(
[2012] => Array
(
[q1] => Array
(
[0] => 36926
[1] => 12345
)
[q2] => Array
(
[0] => 36171
)
[q3] => Array
(
[0] => 35383
)
)
[2011] = Array
(
[q1] = Array
(
[0] =40548
)
)
)
Which is much easier to handle, since it's sorted to the way you need it, now u can just output the table accordingly.