PHP - Multidimensional Array To Mysql

I've been working on some code to:
1. Search a db for rows that have a particular "position" value
2. Search the same db for rows that have a particular "langs" value
3. Compare the two arrays resulting for 1 and 2
4. Create a multidimensional array $langsarray[langs][question id] if 3 is true.
5. For each langs array in $langsarray pick a random, non-duplicate value and add it to $qarray for a maximum of 12 elements (3 for each langs).

What I have works about 95%.

The problem is, in the first langs array, one of the 3 randomly picked values is almost always empty, and its not always the same element. Sometimes its the first, sometimes its the third, sometimes its the second...

I think I've narrowed down the issue to line 44 ($qtemp = ...). If I change the min/max values for the mt_rand function, it behaves slightly differently. Any help is much appreciated! Thanks in advance.

Code:
//Include MYSQL class and authentication information
require_once('./include/mysql.php');
require_once('./include/global.php');

//Grab apptype from URL querystring
$apptype = $_GET['apptype'];

//Declare arrays
$qarray = array();
$posarray = array();
$langs = array();
$langsarray = array();

//Get id's of all questions pertaining to position type
$sql = 'SELECT * FROM qa WHERE position = "' . $apptype . '"';
$result = $db->query($sql) or die(mysql_error());
while ($row = $result->fetch()) {
$posarray[] = $row['id'];
}

//Determine what types of questions should be pulled
if ($apptype == 'fed'){
$langs = array('html','css','javascript','jquery');
}
else if($apptype == 'bed'){
$langs = array('php','asp','javascript','jquery');
}

//Get each question of each language that matches the position type and store it in the multidimensional array $langsarray[language][question id]
$z = 0;
while ($z < count($langs)){
$sql = 'SELECT * FROM qa WHERE langs = "' . $langs[$z] . '"';
$result = $db->query($sql) or die(mysql_error());
while ($row = $result->fetch()) {
if (in_array($row['id'],$posarray)){
$langsarray[$langs[$z]][] = $row['id'];
}
}

//Takes a random question id from the current language ($z) and adds it to the final question array.
$y = 0;
while ($y < 3) {
//$qtemp = $langsarray[$langs[$z]][mt_rand(0,count($langsarray[$langs[$z]]))];
$qtemp = $langsarray[$langs[$z]][mt_rand(0,count($posarray))];

if (!in_array($qtemp,$qarray)){ 
$qarray[] = $qtemp;
echo $qtemp . ', ';
$y++;
}
}
echo $langs[$z];
print_r( $langsarray[$langs[$z]]); echo '<br />';
$z++;
}
        echo '<br />';
print_r($qarray);


Output:

5, , 2, htmlArray ( => 1 [1] => 2 [2] => 3 [3] => 4 [4] => 5 )      <--Problem
7, 6, 9, cssArray ( => 6 [1] => 7 [2] => 8 [3] => 9 [4] => 10 )
14, 15, 13, javascriptArray ( => 11 [1] => 12 [2] => 13 [3] => 14 [4] => 15 )
21, 17, 20, jqueryArray ( => 16 [1] => 17 [2] => 18 [3] => 19 [4] => 20 [5] => 21 )

Array ( => 5 [1] => [2] => 2 [3] => 7 [4] => 6 [5] => 9 [6] => 14 [7] => 15 [8] => 13 [9] => 21 [10] => 17 [11] => 20 )   <-- Final $qarray

Hi everybody,

I generally find any assistance that I need on various sites, but this one has me stumped. I'm not overly advanced with my use of arrays, so I'd like some help here if anyone knows what I am looking for.

I have a form that I would like to submit to a MySQL database. In that form, there is the ability to add up to 3 harddrives:
Code: [Select]
Brand: <input type="text" name="hdds[0][hddbrand]" id="hddbrand"><br/>
Model and/or size,type: <input type="text" name="hdds[0][hddtype]" id="hddtype"><br/>
SN: <input type="text" name="hdds[0][hddsn]" id="hddsn"><br/>
Notes: <input type="text" name="hdds[0][hddnotes]" id="hddnotes" size="50">
Obviously the next harddrive would be hdds[1][hddbrand], etc.

I am having an awful time looping through this to get more than 1 harddrive's information, however. I've tried foreach embedded in foreach and been messing around with this for a good 3-4 hours now and I feel like I am just missing something.

I've got this right now to debug:
Code: [Select]
foreach($_POST['hdds'] as $key => $a) {
$hddbrand = $a['hddbrand'];
}
my print_r($a) comes up with the following:
Code: [Select]
Array ( [hddbrand] => Toshiba [hddtype] => Shaba 500gb [hddsn] => 5fu8bvw4 [hddnotes] =>none ) 1
Good. That's what I want. But I need some help constructing my array/loop to get the values of more than 1 drive should I have to enter information for more than 1 drive.

I feel like I am close, but I am just not getting what I need. I have not had to work with multidimensional arrays before and they are proving to be more trickier than I expected. Any help would be enormously appreciated!

Patrick

I am trying to store all the elements of my tree in an array.My code produces multi dimensional array, but i want it to be one dimensional. How can i get it ?

Code:-
Code: [Select]
function tree_gather($node)   //Function to calculate count
  {
    $sql = "SELECT lchild,rchild FROM tree WHERE parent = '$node'";
    $execsql = mysql_query($sql);
    $array = mysql_fetch_array($execsql);
   
    if(!empty($array['lchild']) || !empty($array['rchild']))
    {
   
      $child[] = $array['lchild'];
      $child[] = $array['rchild'];
      $child[] = tree_gather($array['lchild']);
      $child[] = tree_gather($array['rchild']);
     
    }
     return $child;
  }
Result:-
Code: [Select]
Array
(
    [0] => 2
    [1] => 3
    [2] => Array
        (
            [0] => 4
            [1] => 5
            [2] => Array
                (
                    [0] => 10
                    [1] => 11
                    [2] =>
                    [3] =>
                )

            [3] => Array
                (
                    [0] => 8
                    [1] => 9
                    [2] =>
                    [3] =>
                )

        )

    [3] => Array
        (
            [0] => 7
            [1] => 6
            [2] => Array
                (
                    [0] => 15
                    [1] => 14
                    [2] => Array
                        (
                            [0] => 16
                            [1] => 17
                            [2] =>
                            [3] =>
                        )

                    [3] =>
                )

            [3] => Array
                (
                    [0] => 13
                    [1] => 12
                    [2] =>
                    [3] =>
                )

        )

)

Table: -

I recently posted a simple query about ISSET and finally got that simple problem solved thanks to you guys. But I've hit a new snag. I've create a simple sort of cart, or record counter. While I can add/remove/clear items and display their affilated arrays, I don't know how to cycle through a multidimensional array that is dynamically set.   Something like $_SESSION['Primary'][$items][$attributes] - Where $items is a dynamic set, and $attributes is a fixed set of keys with values.   I can target individual $Items, or display all the items in there. But I can't display all the Items and their subsequent $attributes aswell. Do I have to write 1 set of Ajax code for just displaying the $items, and another for each individual set of $attributes? Or is their a way to cycle through each $item, and then all of it's(or specific) $attributes and values? I've tried using loops which logically work, but I can't pass it through json_encode.   Is there any documentation I could read in relation to this? I feel this is the key component to manuvering through a database of sorts. I'm just not entirely sure how to go about accessing multidimensional Array's without a ton of code that becomes redudent. And even then, it wouldnt work well with a dynamic setup.
Edited by 7blake, 07 November 2014 - 01:39 PM.

Code: [Select]
while($row=mysql_fetch_assoc($query)) {   
   $id = $row['id'];
   $col1 = $row['name1'];
   $col2= $row['name2'];
   $col3= $row['name3'];

 ${"$id"} = array("$col1","$col2","$col3");
    ${"$s".$i}[] = ${"$id"};
    }
This is just a brief example of what i'm trying to accomplish,$i is incremented somewhere else. I'm trying to implode the arrays in the array. So below i have imploded the main array but how do i implode the other arrays?

Code: [Select]
for($i=0;$i<11;$i++) {
$array = ${"s" . $i};
$outcomes = implode("",$array); //implodes main array

}

Hi.
I have a multidimensional array and i need sort it by two different key.
I've tried almost every sort function but no chance.

Code: [Select]
Array (
[0] => Array (
[0] => 1 [id] => 1
[11] => this is test [main_txt] => this is test
[12] => 943965420 [add_time] => 943965420
[13] => 1323356400 [add_date] => 1323356400 )
[1] => Array (
[0] => 3 [id] => 3
[11] => another test [main_txt] => another test
[12] => 943965120 [add_time] => 943965120
[13] => 1323702000 [add_date] => 1323702000 )
[2] => Array (
[0] => 32 [id] => 32
[11] => oppss one more test [main_txt] => oppss one more test
[12] => 943944900 [add_time] => 943944900
[13] => 1323702000 [add_date] => 1323702000 )
[3] => Array (
[0] => 5 [id] => 5
[11] => okay, this is last one. Seriously [main_txt] => okay, this is last one. Seriously
[12] => 943937160 [add_time] => 943937160
[13] => 1323615600 [add_date] => 1323615600 )
)
I need sort by add_date(Newer to Older) first then add_time(Later to Earlier) later.

I hope i made my self clear.

Hi guys, I'm working on a project and I can't wrap my head around on a calculation that needs to be done on a multidimensional array. Quick background, it's a hotel benchmarking tool and I need to calculate the market penetration index (MPI). I have an array with 3 main arrays. First 2 are the hotels which are being compared and the last one is the MPI array.

Each array contains an array  for every month the user selects. Inside THAT array is data that needs to be used for calculations.
Here is an example:
Code: [Select]
Array
(
    [Competitive set] => Array
        (
            [Sep 11] => Array
                (
                    [0] => Array
                        (
                            [minmonth] => 2011-09-01
                            [maxmonth] => 2011-09-01
                            [nrcheck] => 13
                            [data] => 67.6
                        )

                )

            [Oct 11] => Array
                (
                    [0] => Array
                        (
                            [minmonth] => 2011-10-01
                            [maxmonth] => 2011-10-01
                            [nrcheck] => 13
                            [data] => 63.6
                        )

                )

            [Nov 11] => Array
                (
                    [0] => Array
                        (
                            [minmonth] => 2011-11-01
                            [maxmonth] => 2011-11-01
                            [nrcheck] => 13
                            [data] => 59.2
                        )

                )

            [Dec 11] => Array
                (
                    [0] => Array
                        (
                            [minmonth] => 2011-12-01
                            [maxmonth] => 2011-12-01
                            [nrcheck] => 13
                            [data] => 54.6
                        )

                )

        )

    [Test] => Array
        (
            [Sep 11] => Array
                (
                    [0] => Array
                        (
                            [minmonth] => 2011-09-01
                            [maxmonth] => 2011-09-01
                            [nrcheck] => 89
                            [data] => 71.5
                        )

                )

            [Oct 11] => Array
                (
                    [0] => Array
                        (
                            [minmonth] => 2011-10-01
                            [maxmonth] => 2011-10-01
                            [nrcheck] => 89
                            [data] => 67.0
                        )

                )

            [Nov 11] => Array
                (
                    [0] => Array
                        (
                            [minmonth] => 2011-11-01
                            [maxmonth] => 2011-11-01
                            [nrcheck] => 91
                            [data] => 63.1
                        )

                )

            [Dec 11] => Array
                (
                    [0] => Array
                        (
                            [minmonth] => 2011-12-01
                            [maxmonth] => 2011-12-01
                            [nrcheck] => 89
                            [data] => 57.5
                        )

                )

        )

    [MPI] => Array
        (
            [Sep 11] => Array
                (
                    [0] => Array
                        (
                            [minmonth] => 2011-09-01
                            [maxmonth] => 2011-09-01
                            [nrcheck] => 89
                            [data] => 71.5
                        )

                )

            [Oct 11] => Array
                (
                    [0] => Array
                        (
                            [minmonth] => 2011-10-01
                            [maxmonth] => 2011-10-01
                            [nrcheck] => 89
                            [data] => 67.0
                        )

                )

            [Nov 11] => Array
                (
                    [0] => Array
                        (
                            [minmonth] => 2011-11-01
                            [maxmonth] => 2011-11-01
                            [nrcheck] => 91
                            [data] => 63.1
                        )

                )

            [Dec 11] => Array
                (
                    [0] => Array
                        (
                            [minmonth] => 2011-12-01
                            [maxmonth] => 2011-12-01
                            [nrcheck] => 89
                            [data] => 57.5
                        )

                )

        )

)
Currently the  'data' for MPI is wrong. That needs to become the data of the first array divided by the data of the second array and multiplied by 100 (percentage).

How would I go about doing that? The foreach loops are a bit too big for me on this one.

Hi freaks,

Got a simple one for ya, I THINK?

I have a multi-array that resembles this..
Code: [Select]
$_SESSION["book_array"] = array(0 => array("plantID" => $plantID, "botanicalName" => $botanicalName, "commonName" => $commonName, "use" => $use));

I would like to sort it by the botanicalName key of the inner array before I call the forech loop that renders the display so that after it renders the table the items will be seen alphabetically, code below..
Code: [Select]
<?php 
$bookOutput = "";
//$plant_use_array = '';
if (!isset($_SESSION["book_array"]) || count($_SESSION["book_array"]) < 1) {
    $bookOutput = '<tr><td colspan="4"><h6>Your Book is EMPTY!</h6></td></tr>';
} else {
// Start the For Each loop
$i = 0; 
    foreach ($_SESSION["book_array"] as $each_item) { 
$plantID = $each_item['plantID'];
$botanicalName = $each_item['botanicalName'];
$botanicalName = stripslashes($botanicalName);
$commonName = $each_item['commonName'];
$commonName = stripslashes($commonName);
$use = $each_item['use'];
//$x = $i + 1; 
// Dynamic table row assembly
$bookOutput .= "<tr>";
$bookOutput .= '<td><a href="plant_details.php?plantID=' . $plantID . '" id="bodyLink">' . $botanicalName . '</a></td>';
$bookOutput .= '<td>' . $commonName . '</td>';
$bookOutput .= '<td><strong>' . $use . '</strong></td>';
$bookOutput .= '<td><form action="book.php" method="post"><input name="removeBtn" type="submit" value="Remove"/><input name="index_to_remove" type="hidden" value="' . $i . '" /></form></td>';
$bookOutput .= '</tr>';
$i++; 
    } 
}
?>

Any help would be much appreciated!  Thanks in advance.

Hi have an array() in which I would like to manipulate certain elements:

Code: [Select]
Array
(
    [TESCO] => Array  (
            [Veg] => Array (
                    [Potatoe] => 12
                    [Cabbage] => 24
                    [Cucumber] => 56
                )
            [Meat] => Array (
                    [Chicken] => 54
                    [Beef] => 89
                )
        )

    [ASDA] => Array (
            [Veg] => Array (
                    [Potatoe] => 12
                    [Cabbage] => 24
                    [Cucumber] => 56
                )
            [Meat] => Array (
                    [Chicken] => 23
                    [Beef] => 90
                )
        )
)

How would I go about adding the price of my meat section together e.g. Chicken + Beef from ASDA = 113

Also how to add/remove elements from Meat/Veg?
Like adding Pork

Cheers

how to create multidimensional array in php

Hey guys, quick question.

I have an array that looks like (blow). How can i sort it based on array[0][3], the #'s 1,2,3,4,5,6 are what i want to sort by in ASC order.

Code: [Select]
<?php

Array ( 
[0] => Array ( 
[1] => Link Name 
[2] => URL
[3] => 1 
[4] => fy 
) 
[1] => Array ( 
[1] => Link Name 
[2] => URL
[3] => 2 
[4] => fy 
) 
[2] => Array ( 
[1] => Link Name 
[2] => URL
[3] => 3 
[4] => fy 
) 
[3] => Array ( 
[1] => Link Name 
[2] => URL
[3] => 4 
[4] => fy 
) 
[4] => Array ( 
[1] => Link Name 
[2] => URL
[3] => 5 
[4] => fy 
) 
[5] => Array ( 
[1] => Link Name 
[2] => URL
[3] => 6 
[4] => fy 
)

?>

Thanks for the help.

I am trying to write a dirty script that removes duplicate rows from a multidimensional array.

I want to be able to edit the function and spit the duplicates out to a CSV file.

Here is my test file:


$fullArray = array(array('Jim', 'Jones'),
array('Pete', 'Pumpkin'),
array('Barak', 'Obama'),
array('Jason', 'Newstead'),
array('Toby', 'Keith'),
array('Jim', 'Jones'),
array('Jim', 'Nelson'));


echo "<h1>Original</h2>";
for($i=0; $i<count($fullArray); $i++) {
echo $fullArray[$i][0] . " " . $fullArray[$i][1] . "<br />";
}

echo "<h2>Checked</h2>";
$cleanArray = array();
$cay = array();
$nn=0;
$dup=0;
// Loop the entire input array
foreach ($fullArray as $index => $item) {
echo "foreach index:$index<br>";

        // Start an internal pointer
for ($f=0; $f<count($fullArray); $f++) {
echo "for $f ";
                // if the index is lower or the same as the pointer, skip it to cut down on time
if ($f > $index) {
                        // if the rows are the same...
if($fullArray[$f][0] == $item[0] && $fullArray[$f][1] == $item[1]) {
echo "$item[0] DUP<br>";
                                // remove it from the array
$cay = array_push($cleanArray, array($item[0], $item[1]));
array_pop($fullArray[5]);

$dup++;
} else {
                                // not a duplicate
echo " not a dup<br>";
}

} else {
echo "ON THIS ONE<br>";
}
}
echo "<br><br>";
}
echo"<br>$dup duplicates found<br><br>";
print_r($fullArray);
echo "<br /><br>";
// print_r($item);
print_r($cleanArray);
?>


When I spit out the new fullArray variable, it still has an element from the duplicate record.

This is what I get for the output of the full array after the duplicate was removed:
Quote

Array ( => Array ( => Jim [1] => Jones ) [1] => Array ( => Pete [1] => Pumpkin ) [2] => Array ( => Barak [1] => Obama ) [3] => Array ( => Jason [1] => Newstead ) [4] => Array ( => Toby [1] => Keith ) [5] => Array ( => Jim )[/b] [6] => Array ( => Jim [1] => Nelson ) )

Hey guys I am trying to make a simple shopping cart but I can't seem to wrap my head around this.

I have $_SESSION['cart'] as an array and I can add an item to it and then echo specific elements of the item like so

echo $_SESSION['cart']['0']['Name'];

I can not seem to figure out how to add a second item to the array so I can do something like

echo $_SESSION['cart']['1']['Name'];

and it will echo the second item that I 'added' to my cart?

Thanks I hope that makes sense.

I want to create an array based on data in a multidimensional array. Take, for example:

$table[1] = array('husband' => array ('firstname'=> 'Albert',
                                                           'lastname' => 'Einstein',
                                                           'age'      => 129),
                           'wife'         => array ('firstname' => 'Mileva',
                                                           'lastname'  => 'Einstein',
                                                           'age'       => 128));

What would be the best approach, when you want to
create an array with only the last names or the ages? Are there some
things like wildcards in the PHP array universe to skip the first array level?

Any suggestion is very appreciated. I tried several strategies, but ended up creating the same mulitdimensional array as above.

Hi, I am trying to get a random monster from my multidimensional "monsters" array. I have array monsters, and inside that I have array "ocean" and inside that are "fish", "shark" etc.
like the below, and I am trying to pick out a random monster from the Ocean array. Any help greatly appreciated. thank you. Derek

here is the array

Code: [Select]
$monsters = array
(
'Ocean'=>array
(
'octalisk'=>array
(
'name'=>'octalisk',
'hp'=>100,
'damageLow'=>1,
'damageHigh'=>15,
'exp'=>10,
'ac'=>'HAVE TO LOOK THIS UP',
'monsterInitiativeModifier'=>'HAVE TO LOOK THIS UP'),

'shark',
'eel'
),
'Desert'=>array
(
'sand_snake'
),
'Forest'=>array
(
'frog',
'lizard',
'spider'
)
);