PHP - Help With Array Issue

Hi All,

I'm running trying to add key and values to an array on multiple pages, but it seems to override the array each time I add variables on the next page, even though the keys are different.

Each page has something like this:


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<label class="yes"><input type="radio" name="form_field[<?php echo "number".$f1; ?>]" value="0" > Yes</label>
<label class="no"><input type="radio" checked="checked" name="form_field[<?php echo "number".$f1; ?>]" value="1" > No</label>
<label class="unsure"><input type="radio" name="form_field[<?php echo "number".$f1; ?>]" value="2" > Unsure</label>
I then collect it as well as other page variables with:

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session_start();

foreach($_POST as $name => $value) {
$_SESSION[$name] = $value;
}
on all following pages. But rather than adding to the array it writes over it each time.

Any ideas on what's going wrong here. Should the array simply be able to continue to collect the keys or do I need to do something else?

Thanks.

Generally I am able to help my self on the forums. But, this one has me stumped. I've done it before and I don't remember it being this hard. The array looks something like so

$users['id'] = '00001','00002','0003'
$users['jobs'] = '22','322','112'
$users['connected'] = '12','210','89'
$users['percent'] = '54','65','89'

I've used so much different things to try and take those, keep the data together (index 0 might be moved to 2, but all values from 0 are moved to 2) and sort by 'percent'. So I can display the person that has the highest percentage first. Basically the data was originally a CSV that is now in a database and is pulled, percentages calculated and then displayed. But the order is off. There is a bunch more data then show but I'm using PHP to do all the math for adding up jobs, seeing whats connected right and then coming up with a percentage, sticking it all in an array so I can sort it; but for some reason I cannot remember how I've done this before.

Hey,


I am using array diff to find numbers in one array that are not in another array. Yet it returns a value which is in another array which is annoying... my array structure is:

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Array(    [0] => 06    [1] => 11) //this is TEMP
Array(    [0] => 2    [1] => 3    [2] => 5    [3] => 6    [4] => 6    [5] => 11    [6] => 11)//this is VALUES

Now my returned difference should be:
    Code: [Select]
[0] => 2    [1] => 3    [2] => 5    // all numbers not in TEMP

But i get:

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Array(    [0] => 2    [1] => 3    [2] => 5    [3] => 6    [4] => 6)//6 IS in TEMP and should not appear
6 should not appear but it does....any one know why ?

This is my code:

$Temp =  explode('+',$HandValue); 
$HighCard = array_diff($Values, $Temp); 



Any ideas?

hey there I have an issue when I am inserting an array into the database. When I run the insert statements the records get inserted but it is sometimes one less record than is in the table and sometimes even less. for example if I have 5 records it only inserts the first 4. This is confusing because when I echo out the statement in the loop it shows all 4 insert statements. my loop for inserting looks like this:

if(isset($_SESSION['cushArray'])){
    
    foreach($_SESSION['cushArray'] as $key => $value){
        $getCushSKU = "SELECT SKU FROM Cushion WHERE Name = '".$value['Cushion']."'";
        //echo $getCushSKU;
        $resultGetCushSKU = mysql_query($getCushSKU);
        $getResultGetCushSKU = mysql_fetch_assoc($resultGetCushSKU);
        //echo $getResultGetCushSKU['SKU'];
        $getFabricSKU = "SELECT SKU FROM Fabric WHERE Name = '".$value['Fabric']."'";
        
        $resultGetFabricSKU = mysql_query($getFabricSKU);
        $getResultGetFabricSKU = mysql_fetch_assoc($resultGetFabricSKU);
        
        if($_SESSION['cushArray'][$i]["ContWeltFabric"] != "N/A"){
            $getWeltFabricSKU = "SELECT SKU FROM Fabric WHERE Name = '".$value['ContWeltFabric']."'";
            $resultGetWeltFabricSKU = mysql_query($getWeltFabricSKU);
            $getResultGetWeltFabricSKU = mysql_fetch_assoc($resultGetWeltFabricSKU);
        }else{
            $getResultGetWeltFabricSKU = "N/A";
        }
        
        $sqlCush = "INSERT INTO OrdersCushion(OrderID, ProductSKU, FabricSKU, WeltFabricSKU, Quantity, ButtonColor, ZipperColor, Fill) VALUES('".$getOrderIDNum['OrderID']."', '".$getResultGetCushSKU['SKU']."', '".$getResultGetFabricSKU['SKU']."', '".$getResultGetWeltFabricSKU['SKU']."', '".$value['Quantity']."', '".$value['Button']."', '".$value['Zipper']."', '".$value['Fill']."') ";
        
        //echo $sqlCush;
        
        $resultCush = mysql_query($sqlCush);
    }
    
}

any help is much appreciated

I have an array which will be below. The array is being built from an XML file, the problem is I need to extrapolate data from it.   I am having trouble with looping through the array properly.   The output should be something like this:   Beth's state is 0   (Where Beth's is the name and 0 is the state) Clint's state is 0

Array
(
    [0] => Array
        (
            [did] => 216616014153767704
            [known] => 1
            [lock] => 0
            [state] => 0
            [level] => 100
            [node] => 30
            [port] => 0
            [nodetype] => 16386
            [name] => Beth's
            [desc] => LED
            [colorid] => 1
            [type] => multilevel
            [rangemin] => 0
            [rangemax] => 99
            [power] => 0
            [poweravg] => 0
            [energy] => 0
            [score] => 0
            [productid] => 1
            [prodbrand] => TCP
            [prodmodel] => LED A19 11W
            [prodtype] => LED
            [prodtypeid] => 78
            [classid] => 2
            [class] => 
            [subclassid] => 1
            [subclass] => 
            [other] => 
        )

    [1] => Array
        (
            [did] => 216616014154116936
            [known] => 1
            [lock] => 0
            [state] => 0
            [level] => 100
            [node] => 30
            [port] => 0
            [nodetype] => 16386
            [name] => Clint's
            [desc] => LED
            [colorid] => 1
            [type] => multilevel
            [rangemin] => 0
            [rangemax] => 99
            [power] => 0
            [poweravg] => 0
            [energy] => 0
            [score] => 0
            [productid] => 1
            [prodbrand] => TCP
            [prodmodel] => LED A19 11W
            [prodtype] => LED
            [prodtypeid] => 78
            [classid] => 2
            [class] => 
            [subclassid] => 1
            [subclass] => 
            [other] => 
        )

)

Hi,   I'm currently passing an array of values to be updated in my database, but am struggling on the best way to escape the quotation marks around the NOW statement below, as understand this will only work without them.
  This is what is being passed to the DB which does not currently work. I'm seeking some help to find the best way to remove the "" from around the NOW statement, but retain it in the array structure which i believe needs the '' to understand its a value.

UPDATE staff SET staff_last_login="NOW()" WHERE staff_id="1" 

array('staff_last_login'=>'NOW()')

My question is - whats the best way to escape this?   I understand forward slashes can sometimes be used, and double quotes - but feel like i have exhausted all my known options.   Any help much appreciated.   MoFish

Hey basically i'm working on a multi checkbox way to delete messages stored in "crew_messages", i'm getting the error message "Unknown column 'Array' in 'where clause'" from the following code and i'm unsure as to why

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if (isset($_POST["submit2"]) == "DELETE SELECTED") {
for($i=0;$i<count($_POST["chkColor"]);$i++) 
{ 
if(trim($_POST["chkColor"][$i]) != "") 
{ 
$rawr = $_POST['chkColor'];
$sql = "DELETE FROM crew_messages WHERE id = $rawr";
mysql_query($sql) or die(mysql_error());
} 
}  } 

the check box itself

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<input type="checkbox" name="chkColor[]" value="27">
any clues? cheers

For this example, $row2['author'] = "1"
$user = 'user'.$row2['author'];
if (!isset($$user)){
      $result = $connector->query('SELECT * FROM users WHERE ID = '.$row2['author']);
      $$user = $connector->fetchArray($result);
}
echo '<a href="user.php?user='.($$user['ID']).'">'.$$user.'</a></p>';
The problem is it is a weird variable that also has an array, but when i use
echo $$user['ID'];
It errors out saying Notice: Quote

Undefined variable: u


So I am wondering how to word it to set the variable up properly, and how to call items in the array. Thanks in advance

Okay, this is getting on my nerves now, my head is throbbing probably just need a break from it all now.

I'm currently getting the following message;

Warning: mysql_fetch_array() expects parameter 1 to be resource, null given in C:\xampp\htdocs\duff3\test3.php on line 25

Can anyone figure out and explain why this isn't working for me, I believe I am calling the function correctly and then putting the result into a while loop.

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<?php
    function getPageContent($selectedPage)
    {
        $sql =  "SELECT * ";
        $sql .= "FROM  tbl_pages ";
        $sql .= "WHERE tbl_pages.pageCategoryId = ".$selectedPage." ";
        $sql .= "AND active = 1 ";
        $sql .= "LIMIT 1";
        $result = mysql_query($sql) or die ("Error in page sql query:". $sql);
        
        return $pageSet;
        
    }
    
?>




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<?php require_once ''.$_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/duff3/commonResources/dbConnection/dbQueryClass.php'; 

?>
<?php
        #FUNCTIONS IS A TEMP FILE UNTIL OO PHP COMES INTO PLAY 
        require_once ("commonResources/includes/functions.php");
        # if page isn't set then set it to default.
        if(isset($_GET["page"]))
        {
            $selectedPage = $_GET["page"];
        }
        else
        {
            $selectedPage = 1; 
        }
        #call function to select all page 
        $pageSet = getPageContent($selectedPage);
?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>

<title>
    <?php
                 while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($pageSet)) 
                { # Start while loop
                    echo $row["pageTitle"]; 
                ?>
    </title>
   
            <link rel="shortcut icon" href="commonResources/images/container/favicon.ico" />
            <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="<?php $_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"] ?>/duff3/commonResources/css/style.css" />
   
            <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=windows-1252" />
           
            <!-- PUT COMMON JAVASCRIPT FILES IN AN INCLUDE 05/05/2011 -->
            <script type="text/javascript" src="commonResources/javaScript/jQuery.js"></script>
            <script type="text/javascript" src="commonResources/javaScript/jQueryTest/menu.js"></script>
        <?php
            require_once ("".$_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"]."/duff3/commonResources/includes/tinymce.php");
        ?>
   
</head>
<body>
        <div id="viewContainer"><!--OPEN DIV FOR VIEW CONTAINER -->
       
            <div id="headerContent"><!--OPEN DIV FOR HEADER CONTENT -->
           
                <div class="logoContent"><!--OPEN DIV FOR LOGO CONTAINER -->
               
                    <a href="index.html"><img src="<?php  $_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"] ?>/duff3/commonResources/images/container/logo.png" alt="Hannah Jane Duff" longdesc="Hannah Jane Duff Home Link" /></a>
                   
                </div><!--CLOSE DIV FOR LOGO CONTAINER -->
               
            </div><!--CLOSE DIV FOR HEADER CONTENT -->
           
           
           
           
        <!-- TEMP TAKE OUT AND PUT INTO HEADER AREA -->   
           
           
           
<div id="mainContent"><!--OPEN DIV FOR MAIN CONTENT-->
                <div class="centreContent"><!--OPEN DIV FOR CENTRE CONTENT-->
               
                    <div id="menuContent"><!--OPEN DIV FOR MENU CONTENT-->

                        <div id="menu">
                            <ul class="menu">
                                <li><a href="index.html" class="main"><span>Home</span></a></li>
                                <li><a href="" class="main"><span>bio</span></a>
                                    <div><ul>
                                        <li><a href=""><span>violin</span></a></li>
                                        <li><a href=""><span>piano</span></a></li>
                                        <li><a href=""><span>singing</span></a></li>
                                        <li><a href="" class="parent"><span>teaching</span></a>
                                            <div><ul>
                                                <li><a href="" class="parent"><span>aberdeen</span></a>
                                                    <div><ul>
                                                        <li><a href="#"><span>aberdeen 1</span></a></li>
                                                    </ul></div>
                                                </li>
                                                <li><a href=""  class="parent"><span>bradford</span></a>
                                                    <div><ul>
                                                        <li><a href=""><span>bradford 1</span></a></li>
                                                    </ul></div>
                                                </li>
                                                <li><a href=""  class="parent"><span>leeds</span></a>
                                                    <div><ul>
                                                        <li><a href=""><span>leeds 1</span></a></li>
                                                    </ul></div>                       
                                                </li>
                                              </ul></div>
                                        </li>
                                        <li><a href="" class="parent"><span>influences</span></a>
                                            <div><ul>
                                                <li><a href=""><span>classical</span></a></li>
                                                <li><a href=""><span>folk</span></a></li>
                                             </ul></div>
                                       </li>
                                       <li><a href="" class="parent"><span>other</span></a>
                                            <div><ul>
                                                    <li><a href=""><span>folk&prime;d</span></a></li>
                                                <li><a href=""><span>string quaret</span></a></li>
                                             </ul></div>
                                        </li>               
                                    </ul></div>     
                                </li>
                                <li><a href="" class="main"><span>publicity</span></a>
                                   <div><ul>
                                        <li><a href="" class="parent"><span>news</span></a>
                                            <div><ul>
                                                <li><a href=""><span>may 2011</span></a></li>
                                                <li><a href=""><span>march 2011</span></a></li>
                                            </ul></div>
                                        </li>
                                        <li><a href=""><span>gallery</span></a></li>
                                        <li><a href=""><span>other</span></a></li>
                                   </ul></div>
                                </li>
                                <li><a href="" class="main"><span>recordings</span></a>
                                    <div><ul>
                                        <li><a href=""><span>all</span></a></li>
                                        <li><a href=""><span>new york dolls</span></a></li>
                                        <li><a href=""><span>classical</span></a></li>
                                    </ul></div>       
                                </li>
                                <li><a href="" class="main"><span>contact</span></a></li>
                            </ul></div>     
                    </div><!--CLOSE DIV FOR MENU CONTENT-->
                   
                    <div class="paraBlock"><!--OPEN DIV FOR PARA BLOCK -->
                        <p><?php echo $row["pageContent"]; ?></p>
                    </div><!--CLOSE DIV FOR PARA BLOCK-->
                   
<div class="clearArea"><!--OPEN DIV FOR CLEAR AREA-->
                   
                    </div><!--CLOSE DIV FOR CLEAR AREA-->
                   
                </div><!-- CLOSE DIV FOR CENTRE CONTENT-->
               
            </div><!--CLOSE DIV FOR MAIN CONTENT-->
           
            <div id="footerContent"><!--OPEN DIV FOR FOOTER CONTENT-->
           
                <div class="leftFooter"><!--OPEN DIV FOR LEFT FOOTER-->
               
                    &copy;&nbsp;&nbsp;<?php echo date(Y); ?> All Rights Reserved &nbsp;|&nbsp; Design by <a href="http://www.innovationation.co.uk/">Innovationation UK</a>
                   
                </div><!--CLOSE DIV FOR LEFT FOOTER-->
               
                <div class="rightFooter"><!--OPEN DIV FOR RIGHT FOOTER-->
               
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                    <a href="loginArea/login.php">Admin</a>
                   
                </div><!--CLOSE DIV FOR RIGHT FOOTER-->
               
            </div><!--CLOSE DIV FOR FOOTER CONTENT-->
            <?php } ?>
        </div><!--CLOSE DIV FOR VIEW CONTAINER-->
       
</body>
</html>             

There's probably an obvious reason but I can't seem to find it...

I start with the $_POST array, received from a form:
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array(9) {
  ["Name"]=>
  string(3) "KTN"
  ["SQLServer"]=>
  string(24) "10.6.11.20\VSQLI028,1433"
  ["Username"]=>
  string(2) "GF"
  ["Password"]=>
  string(2) "GF"
  ["MasterDB"]=>
  string(11) "GFMaster_KN"
  ["Version"]=>
  string(3) "4.9"
  ["Prod"]=>
  string(1) "1"
  ["Monitored"]=>
  string(1) "0"
  ["button"]=>
  string(38) "updateColumnName=EnvironmentID;Value=1"
}
I get the button value from the array, and unset the button array value.
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function load_POST($name) { //returns value and removes it from $_POST array. returns NULL if not existing.
  $debug = 0;
  if ( $debug == 1 ) {
    $backtrace = backtrace();
    echo __FUNCTION__."()";
    echo " <i>called by ".basename($backtrace[1]['file'])."</i><br/>\n";
  }
  $post = NULL;
  if( array_key_exists($name, $_POST) ) {
    $post = urldecode($_POST[$name]);
    if ( $debug == 1 ) {
      echo "post $name, value: $post<br/>\n";
    }
  } else {
    if ( $debug == 1 ) {
      echo "post $name: doesn't exist<br/>\n";
    }
  }
  unset($_POST[$name]);
  return $post;
}
$_POST is now:
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array(8) {
  ["Name"]=>
  string(3) "KTN"
  ["SQLServer"]=>
  string(24) "10.6.11.20\VSQLI028,1433"
  ["Username"]=>
  string(2) "GF"
  ["Password"]=>
  string(2) "GF"
  ["MasterDB"]=>
  string(11) "GFMaster_KN"
  ["Version"]=>
  string(3) "4.9"
  ["Prod"]=>
  string(1) "1"
  ["Monitored"]=>
  string(1) "0"
}
Then I create the object to assign the values to:
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object(Environment)#1 (9) {
  ["EnvironmentID"]=>
  NULL
  ["Name"]=>
  NULL
  ["SQLServer"]=>
  NULL
  ["Username"]=>
  NULL
  ["Password"]=>
  NULL
  ["MasterDB"]=>
  NULL
  ["Version"]=>
  NULL
  ["Prod"]=>
  int(0)
  ["Monitored"]=>
  int(0)
}
So far so good 
Then, for each remaining $_POST value, I update the Object accordingly:
First one, parametername: Name, parameter: KTN
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object(Environment)#1 (10) {
  ["EnvironmentID"]=>
  NULL
  ["Name"]=>
  string(3) "KTN"
  ["SQLServer"]=>
  NULL
  ["Username"]=>
  NULL
  ["Password"]=>
  NULL
  ["MasterDB"]=>
  NULL
  ["Version"]=>
  NULL
  ["Prod"]=>
  int(0)
  ["Monitored"]=>
  int(0)
  ["ColumnName=EnvironmentID;Value=1"]=>
  object(stdClass)#3 (1) {
    ["ColumnName"]=>
    string(1) "1"
  }
}
And there we have the problem, for some reason the button value is added to the object somehow... Any ideas?
Thanks in advance!

Hi, I have this code below which groups all the SubHeading together and then queries the same table to find RiskConsequence which are grouped that match SubHeading then to query this table one more last time with all the Risk Mitigation that matches the grouped RiskConsequence.

Problem I get is it does the SubHeading, the RiskConsequences it only does one of them not all of them before it moves onto the RiskMitigation.

I know I have a php coding issue just cant see the wood from the tree's as the queries work.

Code: [Select]
<?php
include ("include.php");
$query = "SELECT * FROM tblriskassessmentdatabank GROUP BY SubHeading";
$results = mysql_query($query) or die("Error: " . mysql_error());
while($row1 = mysql_fetch_array($results)){
    

    echo'<a href="#" onClick="return(changeDisplay(';echo"'";echo($row1[SubHeading]);echo"'))";echo'">';echo($row1[SubHeading]);echo'</a><br /><br />';
echo'<div id="';echo($row1[SubHeading]); echo'" class="HideText">';

$risksub = $row1[SubHeading];

$query1 = "SELECT * FROM tblriskassessmentdatabank GROUP By RiskConsequence";
$results1 = mysql_query($query1) or die("Error: " . mysql_error());
while($row2 = mysql_fetch_array($results1)){


echo'<a href="#" onClick="return(changeDisplay(';echo"'";echo($row2[RiskConsequence]);echo"'))";echo'">';echo($row2[RiskConsequence]);echo'</a><br />';
echo'<div id="';echo($row2[RiskConsequence]); echo'" class="HideText">';
$risksub1 = $row2[RiskConsequence];
$query1 = "SELECT * FROM tblriskassessmentdatabank WHERE RiskConsequence = '$risksub1'";
$results1 = mysql_query($query1) or die("Error: " . mysql_error());
while($row3 = mysql_fetch_array($results1)){

echo'<input name="checkbox[]" type="checkbox" id="checkbox[]" value="';echo($row3[IssueNumber]);echo'" />
    <label for="checkbox[]"></label>';echo($row3[RiskMitigation]);echo'<br /><br />';
}
echo'</div>';

}

echo'</div>';
  }
?>

Folks,

I remember once having a php or html5 issue where the first option had to be blank in the drop down. Otherwise, it wasn't working.

What wasn't working ? How wasn't working ? I can't remember. either php had difficulty reading user input or the drop down was not showing any options. And so, I had to add a blank value.

So, something like this wasn't working ...

	<label for="tos_agreement">Agree to TOS or not ?</label>
<select name="tos_agreement" id="tos_agreement">
<option value="yes">Yes</option>
<option value="no">No</option>
</select>
	

 

And, I think I added a blank value, at somebody's advice, to get it to work. I think it was something like this, if I remember correctly:

	<label for="tos_agreement">Agree to TOS or not ?</label>
<select name="tos_agreement" id="tos_agreement">
	<option value=" ">Select here</option>
<option value="yes">Yes</option>
<option value="no">No</option>
</select>
	

Or, maybe it was something like this:

	<label for="tos_agreement">Agree to TOS or not ?</label>
<select name="tos_agreement" id="tos_agreement">
	<option value=" "></option>
<option value="yes">Yes</option>
<option value="no">No</option>
</select>
	

 

I can't remember. All I remember slightly that there was a blank value.

I been going through my php files to find that particular file to jog my memory but I failed to find it.

Can you folks explain to me if a blank value is required or not ? What is the benefit/disaster of adding it and how should the blank value be added ? Show me an example.

 

Was this a php or html 5 issue ? Can anybody fugure ?

 

Thank You

hi i am trying to make a payroll calculator script that takes employee info, calculates pay, displays submitted info in a table, stores info in an array, and updates the array when new info is submitted. i have most of these accomplished, i am having trouble with the "store into an array, and update the array when new info is submitted" parts of the project. i am still not very fluent in php so there may be easier ways to achieve what i have so far. any pointers would be a great help, this part has got me stumped.

NOTE - Please read the information first as it contains important information to understand the problem.

Rules →

• There are 9 Columns(C1,C2,C3,C4,C5,C6,C7,C8,C9) [ Max columns will be 9]

• The number of Rows can vary from 3,6,9,12,15,18 (Max). In this case Number of Rows shall be 12

Number of Rows = No of Tickets (Max Allowed 6) x Rows Per Ticket (Max Allowed 3). Thus, Max Rows can be 18

• Each Row is required to have 4 Blank Spaces and 5 Filled with Numbers

• All numbers available in the Column Array have to be utilized

• This configuration of an shall create a matrix of 9 Columns & 12 Rows (3 x 4 Tickets), which is 108 MATRIX BLOCKS where only a maximum of 60 numbers can be filled out of 108 available blocksrandomly with the above conditions being met 100%.

• The numbers in column must be arranged / sorted in ASCENDING ORDER (For coding logic purpose, as soon as the number is assigned to the new MATRIX MAP use array_shift() or unset() the number so as to avoid repetition

Example - Row 1 and Column 1 shall generate a MATRIX BLOCK - R1C1

Row 3 and Column 7 shall generate a MATRIX BLOCK - R3C7

Matrix Block can also be termed as Matrix Cell for your ease (if needed)

MASTER SET OF ARRAY WITH NUMBERS

array( "C1"=> array( 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9 ), //7 Numbers "C2"=> array( 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19 ), //6 Numbers "C3"=> array( 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 30 ), //7 Numbers "C4"=> array( 31, 33, 34, 36, 37, 38, 39 ), //7 Numbers "C5"=> array( 41, 42, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50 ), //7 Numbers "C6"=> array( 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 57, 58 ), //7 Numbers "C7"=> array( 61, 62, 64, 65, 69, 70 ), //6 Numbers "C8"=> array( 71, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78 ), //6 Numbers "C9"=> array( 82, 83, 85, 87, 88, 89, 90 ) //7 Numbers );

The above array has 60 Numbers to be filled out of 108 MATRIX BLOCK / CELL which meets the condition that for a FULL BLOCK containing 4 MINI BLOCKS WITH 3 ROWS (max. allowed) EACH

I have been able to generate this without any issue meeting all the conditions of the Columns

My Allocation Matrix Array will look like

array( "R1"=> array( "C1"=> true, // Means that MATRIX BLOCK R1C1 will be NOT EMPTY "C2"=> false, // Means that MATRIX BLOCK R1C2 will be EMPTY "C3"=> true, "C4"=> false, "C5"=> true, "C6"=> false, "C7"=> true, "C8"=> true, "C9"=> false ), "R2"=> array( "C1"=> false, "C2"=> true, "C3"=> false, "C4"=> true, "C5"=> false, "C6"=> true, "C7"=> true, "C8"=> true, "C9"=> false ), "R3"=> array( "C1"=> true, "C2"=> true, "C3"=> true, "C4"=> true, "C5"=> false, "C6"=> false, "C7"=> false, "C8"=> false, "C9"=> true ), "R4"=> array( "C1"=> true, "C2"=> true, "C3"=> true, "C4"=> false, "C5"=> true, "C6"=> true, "C7"=> false, "C8"=> false, "C9"=> false ), "R5"=> array( "C1"=> false, "C2"=> false, "C3"=> false, "C4"=> false, "C5"=> true, "C6"=> true, "C7"=> true, "C8"=> true, "C9"=> true ), "R6"=> array( "C1"=> true, "C2"=> true, "C3"=> false, "C4"=> true, "C5"=> false, "C6"=> true, "C7"=> false, "C8"=> false, "C9"=> true ), "R7"=> array( "C1"=> false, "C2"=> false, "C3"=> true, "C4"=> false, "C5"=> true, "C6"=> false, "C7"=> true, "C8"=> true, "C9"=> true ), "R8"=> array( "C1"=> true, "C2"=> false, "C3"=> false, "C4"=> true, "C5"=> false, "C6"=> false, "C7"=> true, "C8"=> true, "C9"=> true ), "R9"=> array( "C1"=> true, "C2"=> false, "C3"=> true, "C4"=> false, "C5"=> true, "C6"=> true, "C7"=> false, "C8"=> false, "C9"=> true ), "R10"=> array( "C1"=> false, "C2"=> true, "C3"=> true, "C4"=> true, "C5"=> true, "C6"=> false, "C7"=> true, "C8"=> false, "C9"=> false ), "R11"=> array( "C1"=> false, "C2"=> true, "C3"=> false, "C4"=> true, "C5"=> true, "C6"=> true, "C7"=> false, "C8"=> true, "C9"=> false ), "R12"=> array( "C1"=> true, "C2"=> false, "C3"=> true, "C4"=> true, "C5"=> false, "C6"=> true, "C7"=> false, "C8"=> false, "C9"=> true ) );

In the above array R stands for Row, C for Column, TRUE/FALSE (Boolean) means that if TRUE a Number can be filled in the resulting MATRIX BLOCK / CELL ( Row[Number]Column[Number] ) else if FALSE the MATRIX BLOCK / CELL shall be EMPTY

The result for the above shall be

PROBLEM : 

I am unable to understand what should possibly be the logic & loop used here for creating a MATRIX ALLOCATION MAP as shown above

I have tried while, foreach & for but unable determine the perfect combination which would meet the conditions.

(Tried all of the above with Nested Loops also)

Edited May 1, 2020 by AlphaMike
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Using curl_multi, I have loaded up 3 url's and then printed the array.

1) How can I also set a timestamp on output to let me know when each url was run?

2) How can I explode the array to only display the data and timestamp, excluding the text "Array ( =>", "[1] =>", "[2] =>" and " )"? Code

<?php

function multiRequest($data, $options = array()) {

  // array of curl handles
  $curly = array();
  // data to be returned
  $result = array();

  // multi handle
  $mh = curl_multi_init();

  // loop through $data and create curl handles
  // then add them to the multi-handle
  foreach ($data as $id => $d) {

    $curly[$id] = curl_init();

    $url = (is_array($d) && !empty($d['url'])) ? $d['url'] : $d;
    curl_setopt($curly[$id], CURLOPT_URL,            $url);
    curl_setopt($curly[$id], CURLOPT_HEADER,         0);
    curl_setopt($curly[$id], CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);

    // post?
    if (is_array($d)) {
      if (!empty($d['post'])) {
        curl_setopt($curly[$id], CURLOPT_POST,       1);
        curl_setopt($curly[$id], CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $d['post']);
      }
    }

    // extra options?
    if (!empty($options)) {
      curl_setopt_array($curly[$id], $options);
    }

    curl_multi_add_handle($mh, $curly[$id]);
  }

  // execute the handles
  $running = null;
  do {
    curl_multi_exec($mh, $running);
  } while($running > 0);

  // get content and remove handles
  foreach($curly as $id => $c) {
    $result[$id] = curl_multi_getcontent($c);
    curl_multi_remove_handle($mh, $c);
  }

  // all done
  curl_multi_close($mh);

  return $result;
}



$data = array(array(),array());

$data[0]['url']  = 'http://search.yahooapis.com/VideoSearchService/V1/videoSearch?appid=YahooDemo&query=Pearl+Jam&output=json';
$data[1]['url']  = 'http://search.yahooapis.com/VideoSearchService/V1/videoSearch?appid=YahooDemo&query=Black+Eyed+Peas&output=json';
$data[2]['url']  = 'http://search.yahooapis.com/VideoSearchService/V1/videoSearch?appid=YahooDemo&query=Nirvana&output=json';

$r = multiRequest($data);

print_r($r);

?>

Output

Array ( => Pearl Jam [1] => Black Eyed Peas
        [2] => Nirvana )

Preferred Output

01:00:01 Pearl Jam
01:00:02 Black Eyed Peas
01:00:03 Nirvana