extract array from multidimensional array - php

Question

i have an array which is like this
Array
(
[0] => Array
(
[name] => Amanda Coleman
[id] => 98764676778
)
[1] => Array
(
[name] => Hashimi Sultana
[id] => 876304848
)
[2] => Array
(
[name] => Maren Shawesh
[id] => 988363747
)
[3] => Array
(
[name] => Ajo Khan
[id] => 039494857587
)
[4] => Array
(
[name] => Negar Jan
[id] => 948437484748
)
[5] => Array
(
[name] => Mehran Khan
[id] => 3948474947
)
[6] => Array
(
[name] => Sal Man
[id] => 039383734647
)
this is upto 566 mean this is my facebook friends name and ids
what i am trying to do is i want to make autocomlete of facebook friends
which work fine for me its showing what i want to do but i need the ids also against name
here is my code
if(isset($_REQUEST['queryString'])) {
lets $var = fa
$var = ucfirst ($_REQUEST['queryString']); //making first character uppercase for matching with fb name
$friends_inner=$_SESSION['friends'];
echo "<pre>";
print_r($friends_inner);
echo "</pre>";
the output is above array
for($i=0; $i<sizeof($friends_inner); $i++)
{
$selected_friend=$friends_inner[$i];
$selected_friend_id=$selected_friend['id']; //array of ids
$selected_friend_name=$selected_friend['name']; // array of names
$name[$i]=$selected_friend_name;
}
$result=preg_grep('/^'.$var.'.*/', $name);//returns array matching with requested alphabet from textbox which work fine dispalaying names
echo "<pre>";
print_r($result);
echo "</pre>";
here is the output
Array
(
[17] => Fazal Muhammad
[18] => Fawad Ahmad
[39] => Fayaz Zafar
[42] => Farhan Bogra
[66] => Farzana KArim Elora
[81] => Fahim Khan
[92] => Fahad Shams
[119] => Fazal Yazdan
[166] => Fakhar Alam
[173] => Faheem Ur Rahman
[183] => Fawaid Khan
[187] => Faizan Sabir
[258] => Fayaz Ali
[269] => Faizan Khattak
[308] => Faridullah Khan
[411] => Fawad Qamar
[446] => Fahad Khan
[458] => Fahad Khan
[507] => Faisl Qureshi
[529] => Faisal Khan
[538] => Faiza Baloch
[555] => Fawad Khan
)
as it its index is not sequentially so i am diong so to make it start from zero
$final_result=array();
$maxindex = max(array_keys($result));
for($i=0;$i<=$maxindex;$i++){ //returns array that start with zero
if(isset($result[$i])){
array_push($final_result,$result[$i]);
}
}
echo "<pre>";
print_r($final_result);
echo "</pre>";
the result is
Array
(
[0] => Fazal Muhammad
[1] => Fawad Ahmad
[2] => Fayaz Zafar
[3] => Farhan Bogra
[4] => Farzana KArim Elora
[5] => Fahim Khan
[6] => Fahad Shams
[7] => Fazal Yazdan
[8] => Fakhar Alam
[9] => Faheem Ur Rahman
[10] => Fawaid Khan
[11] => Faizan Sabir
[12] => Fayaz Ali
[13] => Faizan Khattak
[14] => Faridullah Khan
[15] => Fawad Qamar
[16] => Fahad Khan
[17] => Fahad Khan
[18] => Faisl Qureshi
[19] => Faisal Khan
[20] => Faiza Baloch
[21] => Fawad Khan
)
$ids_of_result=array();
now here is the big problem i want to extract all user ids from $friends_inner array which name equal to my $final_result array.i am doing so but the problem is that it goes upto last index i-e 22 and than through error that index 22 and ahead is not valid offset.how can i extract the ids from this $friends_inner which is my main array
for($j=0; $j<sizeof($friends_inner); $j++){
$selected_friend=$friends_inner[$j];
if($final_result[$j] == $selected_friend['name']){
echo $selected_friend['name'];
echo $selected_friend['id'];
array_push($ids_of_result,$selected_friend['id']);
//returns array of ids against result
}
}
echo "<pre>";
print_r($ids_of_result);
echo "</pre>";
it result in
Array
(
)
$counter=0;
foreach($final_result as $key=>$value){
echo '<li onClick="fill(\''.$ids_of_result[$counter].'\');">'.$value.'</li>';
$counter++;
}
}
please help me my code work fine in sense of autocomplete but i want the ids too.Graph api does not provide the id from name.if so i would not write much code.any help me thanx in advance
?>

Answer 1

function sort_arrays($final_result,$friends_inner) {
$ids_of_result = array();
foreach($final_result as $fnl_rslt){
foreach($friends_inner as $frnd_in){
if($fnl_rslt == $frnd_in['name']){
//echo 'Name : '.$frnd_in['name'].'<br>';
//echo 'Id : '.$frnd_in['id'].'<br>';
array_push($ids_of_result,$frnd_in['id']);
}
}
}
return $ids_of_result;
}
$ids_of_result = sort_arrays($final_result,$friends_inner);