array picks only the last value to store - php

Question

The script below apparently uses the API documented at http://www.hasoffers.com/wiki/Offer:create. S the question has (at least) two parts: a) How to store more than one data set within an array. b) Does the API accept it....
When i run the script it only stores the last value inside 'data' how can i get it to store more data at once?
The code below has for example 2 values. one is caled LOLO and the other one is caled LELE.
The output shows only the value LELE.
this is the code.
<?php
header('Content-type: application/json');
$base = 'http://api.hasoffers.com/Api?';
$params = array(
'Format' => 'json'
,'Target' => 'Offer'
,'Method' => 'create'
,'Service' => 'HasOffers'
,'Version' => 2
,'NetworkId' => 'demo'
,'NetworkToken' => '....'
,'data' => array(
'name' => 'LOLO'
,'description' => 'test'
,'offer_url' => 'http://google.nl'
,'preview_url' => 'http://google.nl'
,'expiration_date' => '08-08-2013'
,'name' => 'LELE'
,'description' => 'test'
,'offer_url' => 'http://google.nl'
,'preview_url' => 'http://google.nl'
,'expiration_date' => '08-08-2013'
)
);
$url = $base . http_build_query( $params );
$result = file_get_contents( $url );
print_r( json_decode( $result) );
?>
and this is the output
[request] => stdClass Object
(
[Target] => Offer
[Format] => json
[Service] => HasOffers
[Version] => 2
[Method] => create
[NetworkId] => demo
[NetworkToken] => NETU2nzMw8AYS6EGgjFrjGR88GcSiF
[data] => stdClass Object
(
[name] => LELE
[description] => test
[offer_url] => http://google.nl
[preview_url] => http://google.nl
[expiration_date] => 08-08-2013
)
)

Answer 1

'data' => array(
array (
'name' => 'LOLO',
'description' => 'test',
'offer_url' => 'http://google.nl',
'preview_url' => 'http://google.nl'
'expiration_date' => '08-08-2013'),
array (
'name' => 'LELE',
'description' => 'test',
'offer_url' => 'http://google.nl',
'preview_url' => 'http://google.nl',
'expiration_date' => '08-08-2013'))

Answer 2

,'data' => array( array(
'name' => 'LOLO'
,'description' => 'test'
,'offer_url' => 'http://google.nl'
,'preview_url' => 'http://google.nl'
,'expiration_date' => '08-08-2013'
),
array(
,'name' => 'LELE'
,'description' => 'test'
,'offer_url' => 'http://google.nl'
,'preview_url' => 'http://google.nl'
,'expiration_date' => '08-08-2013'
)
)
You need to add it as a multi dimensional array or else it will overwrite the elements with same key. Please note the array (....) addd inside your array
array( array(

Answer 3

Or you can store it in this way
$data = array();
$data[0] = array('name' => 'LELE'
, 'description' => 'test'
, 'offer_url' => 'http://google.nl'
, 'preview_url' => 'http://google.nl'
, 'expiration_date' => '08-08-2013'
);
$data[1] = array('name' => 'LOLO'
, 'description' => 'test'
, 'offer_url' => 'http://google.nl'
, 'preview_url' => 'http://google.nl'
, 'expiration_date' => '08-08-2013'
);
$params = array(
'Format' => 'json'
, 'Target' => 'Offer'
, 'Method' => 'create'
, 'Service' => 'HasOffers'
, 'Version' => 2
, 'NetworkId' => 'demo'
, 'NetworkToken' => 'NETU2nzMw8AYS6EGgjFrjGR88GcSiF'
, 'data' => $data
);
print_r($params);
// Output
Array
(
[Format] => json
[Target] => Offer
[Method] => create
[Service] => HasOffers
[Version] => 2
[NetworkId] => demo
[NetworkToken] => NETU2nzMw8AYS6EGgjFrjGR88GcSiF
[data] => Array
(
[0] => Array
(
[name] => LELE
[description] => test
[offer_url] => http://google.nl
[preview_url] => http://google.nl
[expiration_date] => 08-08-2013
)
[1] => Array
(
[name] => LOLO
[description] => test
[offer_url] => http://google.nl
[preview_url] => http://google.nl
[expiration_date] => 08-08-2013
)
)
)

Answer 4

a) How to store more than one data set within an array.
$fixed_params = array(
'Format' => 'json'
,'Target' => 'Offer'
,'Method' => 'create'
,'Service' => 'HasOffers'
,'Version' => 2
,'NetworkId' => 'demo'
,'NetworkToken' => '....'
);
$offer_data = array(
array(
'name' => 'LOLO'
,'description' => 'test'
,'offer_url' => 'http://google.nl'
,'preview_url' => 'http://google.nl'
,'expiration_date' => '08-08-2013'
),
array(
'name' => 'LELE'
,'description' => 'test'
,'offer_url' => 'http://google.nl'
,'preview_url' => 'http://google.nl'
,'expiration_date' => '08-08-2013'
)
);
// store all results here
$result = array();
// iterates two times since $offer_data has two elements.
foraech ($offer_data as $offern => $data ){
// store offer's data into fixed_params['data'] element.
$fixed_params['data'] = $data;
$url = $base . http_build_query( $fixed_params );
$result[] = json_decode( file_get_contents( $url ));
}
print_r($result);
b) Does the API accept it....
As I understand the API, it accepts only one create at time. See http://www.hasoffers.com/wiki/Offer:create it says: Creates a new offer.

Answer 5

This is what i did and it works
<?php
// Bestand openen
if (($file = fopen("test2.csv", "r")) !== FALSE) {
// Eerste rij van Excel als value gebruiken
$header = fgetcsv($file, 1000, ";");
// Een loop door Excel file
while (($data = fgetcsv($file, 1000, ";")) !== FALSE) {
// combineer de eerste rij met de gegevens
$combined = array_combine($header,$data);
// Connectie maken met Hasoffers bij elke waarden
$base = 'http://api.hasoffers.com/Api?';
$params = array(
'Format' => 'json'
,'Target' => 'Offer'
,'Method' => 'create'
,'Service' => 'HasOffers'
,'Version' => 2
,'NetworkId' => 'demo'
,'NetworkToken' => '.....'
,'data' => $combined
);
$url = $base . http_build_query( $params );
$result = file_get_contents( $url );
// Tijdelijk printen
print_r( json_encode( $result) );
}
}
?>
I've created a loop including a CSV file.
the problem was that it connected only once with hasoffer and that allowed only one value.