PHP - Combinations

Ok, So what I need is a way for arrays to combine.  My basic structure is going to look like this for the form that needs submission:

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<form>
<input name="name[]" />
<input name="name1[]" />
<input name="name[]" />
<input name="name1[]" />
<input name="name[]" />
<input name="name1[]" />
</form>then on the page it submits to, I need an array to form that will combine all the inputs to looks something like this:

"name" "name1"; "name" "name1"; "name" "name1";..........

where the first set is the first name and name1, second is second, third is third, etc. 
The string of arrays will only end when there are no more left, so if there were 6, it would combine 6.  how do I do something like this?

Hi PHPfreaks,

I've got a problem Ive been faced with a few days now, and for the life of me Im unable to solve it.

What I have is a multidimensional array, that I need to parse and retreive every possible outcome possible

Below is a basic example of how the array would look

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Colour
        Black
        White
        Blue
Finish
        Matt
        Gloss

What I need to be able to do is, as I said, Show all the possible combinations there is.
below is what i'd have achieved after one of you helpful souls points me in the right direction.
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--> Color: Black
--> Color: White   
--> Color: Blue
--> Finish: Matt       
--> Finish: Matt 
--> Color: Black, Finish: Matt       
--> Color: White, Finish: Matt     
--> Color: Blue, Finish: Matt       
--> Color: Black, Finish: Gloss     
--> Color: White, Finish: Gloss     
--> Color: Blue, Finish: Gloss     


As you can see, Only ONE (or no) value is picked from each section.

Just to confirm:
the number of option groups WILL change...... So I could have colour, finish, size, weight and many more.
the number of values in the groups WILL change....... so under colour, I could also have pink, green, indigo, gray.

Below is how this array is structured
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Array
(
    [0] => Array
        (
            [parent] => Colour
            [values] => Array
                (
                    [0] => Array
                        (
                            [name] => Black
                        )
                    [1] => Array
                        (
                            [name] => White
                        )
                 )
        )

    [1] => Array
        (
            [parent] => Finish
            [values] => Array
                (
                    [0] => Array
                        (
                            [name] => Matt
                        )
                    [1] => Array
                        (
                            [name] => Gloss
                        )
                )
        )
)


Would anyone have any suggestion on how this can be done?
I've pulled out every single strand of hair I've got now, so thought i'd admit defeat and let someone else have a go



Many thanks inadvance.

I searched online and seen some complex c and c# code which I didn't understand much of. But how do I generate an array with all string combinations based on length and from a charset?

E.g. charset = {'a', 'b', 'c'}

Length = 2.

Then it should generate first all 1-char strings:

a
b
c

Then all 2-char strings:

aa
ab
ac
ba
bb
bc
ca
cb
cc

And then all added to the same array.

I think there's some way of doing it with recursion but to me it's like thinking with a 4th dimension my mind can't grasp this logic!

I'm trying to firstly generate all possible 'x' number combinations from an array of 'y' numbers. i.e. combinations of 3 numbers from array(1,2,3,4,5). so... 1,2,3 - 1,2,4 - 1,2,5, 1,3,4 etc
I then want to be able to filter out duplicate permutations. i.e. 1,2,3 is the same as 1,3,2.

I have googled vigorously but not been able to determine a suitable approach.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks.

Hi. I need some help working something out.

I have an array that has all the numbers from, 0 to 9. What I want to do is loop through the array to make all the combinations possible up to a string thats 255 chars long.


$array = array( '0', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9' );


Should be looped through to create strings like this:
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0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
00
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23 etc..
Just as if it's counting.