Php array: How can I echo the value of this? [closed] - php

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I am trying to echo a setting on the second level of an array in my wordpress options and having some trouble getting the variable. This code DOES work:
<?php foreach($area['fields'] as $field): ?>
<?php if ($field['id'] == 'show_border')
{echo ' show_border';} ?>
<?php endforeach; ?>
That simply checks if there is a field that asks if you want to show a border and if there is it echos whatever I want, regardless of what the field is set at for actually showing the border or not.
What I am trying to do is to just echo the value that is set in the field "show_border".
Any idea how I would do this?
edit
array(11) {
[0]=>
array(3) {
["name"]=>
string(10) "# of posts"
["id"]=>
string(5) "posts"
["type"]=>
string(4) "text"
}
[1]=>
array(5) {
["name"]=>
string(13) "posts per row"
["id"]=>
string(13) "posts_per_row"
["type"]=>
string(6) "select"
["default"]=>
int(3)
["options"]=>
array(8) {
[1]=>
int(1)
[2]=>
int(2)
[3]=>
int(3)
[4]=>
int(4)
[5]=>
int(5)
[6]=>
int(6)
[7]=>
int(7)
[8]=>
int(8)
}
}
[2]=>
array(5) {
["name"]=>
string(11) "header type"
["id"]=>
string(13) "f_header_type"
["type"]=>
string(6) "select"
["default"]=>
string(2) "h4"
["options"]=>
array(6) {
["h1"]=>
string(2) "h1"
["h2"]=>
string(2) "h2"
["h3"]=>
string(2) "h3"
["h4"]=>
string(2) "h4"
["h5"]=>
string(2) "h5"
["h6"]=>
string(2) "h6"
}
}
[3]=>
array(5) {
["name"]=>
string(5) "icon?"
["id"]=>
string(9) "show_icon"
["type"]=>
string(5) "radio"
["default"]=>
string(3) "yes"
["options"]=>
array(2) {
["yes"]=>
string(3) "yes"
["no"]=>
string(2) "no"
}
}
[4]=>
array(5) {
["name"]=>
string(13) "icon location"
["id"]=>
string(13) "icon_location"
["type"]=>
string(6) "select"
["default"]=>
string(4) "left"
["options"]=>
array(3) {
["left"]=>
string(4) "left"
["right"]=>
string(5) "right"
["top"]=>
string(3) "top"
}
}
[5]=>
array(5) {
["name"]=>
string(10) "show text?"
["id"]=>
string(9) "show_text"
["type"]=>
string(5) "radio"
["default"]=>
string(3) "yes"
["options"]=>
array(2) {
["yes"]=>
string(3) "yes"
["no"]=>
string(2) "no"
}
}
[6]=>
array(5) {
["name"]=>
string(12) "show border?"
["id"]=>
string(11) "show_border"
["type"]=>
string(5) "radio"
["default"]=>
string(2) "no"
["options"]=>
array(3) {
["top"]=>
string(3) "top"
["bot"]=>
string(3) "bot"
["no"]=>
string(2) "no"
}
}
[7]=>
array(5) {
["name"]=>
string(8) "category"
["id"]=>
string(8) "category"
["type"]=>
string(6) "select"
["multiple"]=>
bool(true)
["options"]=>
array(2) {
[4]=>
string(7) "feature"
[3]=>
string(6) "slider"
}
}
[8]=>
array(4) {
["name"]=>
string(14) "custom classes"
["id"]=>
string(14) "custom_classes"
["type"]=>
string(4) "text"
["default"]=>
string(0) ""
}
[9]=>
array(5) {
["name"]=>
string(10) "read more?"
["id"]=>
string(9) "read_more"
["type"]=>
string(5) "radio"
["default"]=>
string(3) "yes"
["options"]=>
array(2) {
["yes"]=>
string(3) "yes"
["no"]=>
string(2) "no"
}
}
[10]=>
array(4) {
["name"]=>
string(14) "read more text"
["id"]=>
string(14) "read_more_text"
["type"]=>
string(4) "text"
["default"]=>
string(16) "Continue reading"
}
}
I am trying to get a value like ["id"]=> "show_border" and echo it's value.

Answer 1

Basically you can't get the form value in PHP which you're going to select from the form which was already loaded on the server-side.
It's like going from the future to the past.
You should use Javascript code + AJAX, instead of PHP, but it'll be much more complex.
Without knowing the full source of the site, it's not possible to tell you in one simple answer.
Also it depends on your development skills.