Display Array Items in Another PHP page

[volterony]

Hi there,

I would like to be able to display multidimensional array items on another page.

I already have an array.php with the following, which also has the css etc.

<style type="text/css"> 
css for the deals is here 
</style> 
$deals = array(  
        "Nike"=> array(  
            array('productTitle' => "Nike Trainers 1",'productImage' => "deals/nike1.jpg",'productDescription' => " Fantastic Savings on Nike Trainers",'rrp' => "£69.99",'salePrice' => "£60.00"),  
            array('productTitle' => "Nike Trainers 2",'productImage' => "deals/nike2.jpg",'productDescription' => " Fantastic Savings on Nike Trainers",'rrp' => "£69.99",'salePrice' => "£60.00")),  

"Addidas"=> array(  
            array('productTitle' => "Addidas Boots 1",'productImage' => "deals/addidas1.jpg",'productDescription' => " Fantastic Savings on Addidas Boots",'rrp' => "£69.99",'salePrice' => "£60.00"),  
            array('productTitle' => "Addidas Boots 2",'productImage' => "deals/addidas2.jpg",'productDescription' => " Fantastic Savings on Addidas Boots",'rrp' => "£69.99",'salePrice' => "£60.00")),  
              
           
);//close $deals array  

foreach ($deals as $brand =>$items)  
{  
    echo "<div class=\"header\"><h2>$brand:</h2><br>";  
    echo "<div id=\"dealwrapper\">";  
    foreach ($deal as $items)  
    {  

    }  
echo "</div>";  
}  
?> 

This displays all the brands and deals on the one page. However I also have individual .php pages for both Nike and Addidas, and I would like to be able to display only the Nike items from the main array in Nike.php and Addidas items in Addidas.php??

I have tried this so far, which is probably way off the mark


PHP Code:

<?php 
foreach (glob("array/*.php/{$v}") as $key => $val) 
                                 
{ 
    echo $ key =>$val; 

} 
?>

Any help much appreciated.

Volterony

[vectorialpx]

You could just have a filter and just one file.
You may have listing.php?brand=nike or listing.php (for a full listing)

<?php

$CURRENT = isset( $_GET['brand'] ) ? $_GET['brand'] : '';

$deals = array( 
    // [ ... ]
);

if( false == empty($CURRENT) && isset($deals[$CURRENT]) ) {
    $arrayToUse = array( $CURRENT => $deals[$CURRENT] );
} else {
    $arrayToUse = $deals;
}

foreach ($deals as $brand =>$items) {  
    // [ ... ]
}
?>

if you need to have two files, just make a common file, like "brands.php" that will have the brands array and include it in your other files.
I don't get the point, what's with that glob?

[volterony]

What if I were to include the array.php in both the nike.php and addidas.php, which will obviously display the products from both brands. However what would I need to write in say the Nike.php to just display the items from the included array.php?

Cheers

[K. Wolfe]

This seems like information that should be stored in a db and then retrieved when needed...

[vectorialpx]

This seems like information that should be stored in a db and then retrieved when needed...

True!

Let's say, nike.php

<?php

    require 'common_brands.php';
    // now we have $deals

    echo "<div class=\"header\"><h2>Nike</h2><br>";  
    echo "<div id=\"dealwrapper\">";
    foreach ($deals['Nike'] as $items) {
        echo 'Whatever you need '.$items['productTitle'];
    }  
    echo "</div>";

?>

[K. Wolfe]

Why not this:

tbl_products
--------
id
product_name
product_brand
product_type
rest of your product information...

$db = new PDO('mysql:host=127.0.0.1;dbname=mydb', 'username', 'pass');
$statement = $db->prepare("select * from tbl_products where product_brand = 'Nike'");
$statement->execute();
$result = $statement->fetchAll();
 
foreach($result as $product) {
  echo $product['product_name'] . "</br>";
}

Then you can start getting into re-usable classes where common statements are already written and it becomes something like this, with less code to change when you alter your designs:

//define your products class, which will extend your db connection class
$result = new products(array('brand' => 'Nike'));
 
foreach($result as $product) {
  echo $product['product_name'] . "</br>";
}