I hate Arrays

PHP
1

i’m trying to get my Array to look like

[1] => Array
(
[0] => Red
[1] => Green
[2] => Blue
)

[2] => Array
(
[0] => Small
[1] => Medium
[2] => Large
)

[3] => Array
(
[0] => Whatever

)

Below is what i’m getting

Array
(
    [0] => Array
        (
            [1] => 3X-Large
        )

)

Array
(
    [0] => Array
        (
            [1] => 3X-Large
        )

    [1] => Array
        (
            [1] => Extra Large
        )

)

Array
(
    [0] => Array
        (
            [1] => 3X-Large
        )

    [1] => Array
        (
            [1] => Extra Large
        )

    [2] => Array
        (
            [1] => Large
        )

)

Array
(
    [0] => Array
        (
            [1] => 3X-Large
        )

    [1] => Array
        (
            [1] => Extra Large
        )

    [2] => Array
        (
            [1] => Large
        )

    [3] => Array
        (
            [1] => Medium
        )

)

Array
(
    [0] => Array
        (
            [1] => 3X-Large
        )

    [1] => Array
        (
            [1] => Extra Large
        )

    [2] => Array
        (
            [1] => Large
        )

    [3] => Array
        (
            [1] => Medium
        )

    [4] => Array
        (
            [2] => Green
        )

)

Array
(
    [0] => Array
        (
            [1] => 3X-Large
        )

    [1] => Array
        (
            [1] => Extra Large
        )

    [2] => Array
        (
            [1] => Large
        )

    [3] => Array
        (
            [1] => Medium
        )

    [4] => Array
        (
            [2] => Green
        )

    [5] => Array
        (
            [1] => Small
        )

)

Array
(
    [0] => Array
        (
            [1] => 3X-Large
        )

    [1] => Array
        (
            [1] => Extra Large
        )

    [2] => Array
        (
            [1] => Large
        )

    [3] => Array
        (
            [1] => Medium
        )

    [4] => Array
        (
            [2] => Green
        )

    [5] => Array
        (
            [1] => Small
        )

    [6] => Array
        (
            [2] => Red
        )

)

Array
(
    [0] => Array
        (
            [1] => 3X-Large
        )

    [1] => Array
        (
            [1] => Extra Large
        )

    [2] => Array
        (
            [1] => Large
        )

    [3] => Array
        (
            [1] => Medium
        )

    [4] => Array
        (
            [2] => Green
        )

    [5] => Array
        (
            [1] => Small
        )

    [6] => Array
        (
            [2] => Red
        )

    [7] => Array
        (
            [1] => Small
        )

)

Array
(
    [0] => Array
        (
            [1] => 3X-Large
        )

    [1] => Array
        (
            [1] => Extra Large
        )

    [2] => Array
        (
            [1] => Large
        )

    [3] => Array
        (
            [1] => Medium
        )

    [4] => Array
        (
            [2] => Green
        )

    [5] => Array
        (
            [1] => Small
        )

    [6] => Array
        (
            [2] => Red
        )

    [7] => Array
        (
            [1] => Small
        )

    [8] => Array
        (
            [1] => Medium
        )

)

Array
(
    [0] => Array
        (
            [1] => 3X-Large
        )

    [1] => Array
        (
            [1] => Extra Large
        )

    [2] => Array
        (
            [1] => Large
        )

    [3] => Array
        (
            [1] => Medium
        )

    [4] => Array
        (
            [2] => Green
        )

    [5] => Array
        (
            [1] => Small
        )

    [6] => Array
        (
            [2] => Red
        )

    [7] => Array
        (
            [1] => Small
        )

    [8] => Array
        (
            [1] => Medium
        )

    [9] => Array
        (
            [1] => Large
        )

)

Array
(
    [0] => Array
        (
            [1] => 3X-Large
        )

    [1] => Array
        (
            [1] => Extra Large
        )

    [2] => Array
        (
            [1] => Large
        )

    [3] => Array
        (
            [1] => Medium
        )

    [4] => Array
        (
            [2] => Green
        )

    [5] => Array
        (
            [1] => Small
        )

    [6] => Array
        (
            [2] => Red
        )

    [7] => Array
        (
            [1] => Small
        )

    [8] => Array
        (
            [1] => Medium
        )

    [9] => Array
        (
            [1] => Large
        )

    [10] => Array
        (
            [1] => Extra Large
        )

)

Array
(
    [0] => Array
        (
            [1] => 3X-Large
        )

    [1] => Array
        (
            [1] => Extra Large
        )

    [2] => Array
        (
            [1] => Large
        )

    [3] => Array
        (
            [1] => Medium
        )

    [4] => Array
        (
            [2] => Green
        )

    [5] => Array
        (
            [1] => Small
        )

    [6] => Array
        (
            [2] => Red
        )

    [7] => Array
        (
            [1] => Small
        )

    [8] => Array
        (
            [1] => Medium
        )

    [9] => Array
        (
            [1] => Large
        )

    [10] => Array
        (
            [1] => Extra Large
        )

    [11] => Array
        (
            [1] => 2X-Large
        )

)

Array
(
    [0] => Array
        (
            [1] => 3X-Large
        )

    [1] => Array
        (
            [1] => Extra Large
        )

    [2] => Array
        (
            [1] => Large
        )

    [3] => Array
        (
            [1] => Medium
        )

    [4] => Array
        (
            [2] => Green
        )

    [5] => Array
        (
            [1] => Small
        )

    [6] => Array
        (
            [2] => Red
        )

    [7] => Array
        (
            [1] => Small
        )

    [8] => Array
        (
            [1] => Medium
        )

    [9] => Array
        (
            [1] => Large
        )

    [10] => Array
        (
            [1] => Extra Large
        )

    [11] => Array
        (
            [1] => 2X-Large
        )

    [12] => Array
        (
            [1] => 2X-Large
        )

)

this is my PHP script



if (count($product->productInfo))
{
	foreach ($product->productInfo as $thisProductInfoID => $thisInfo)
	{
		//	print_array($thisInfo);
		if (count($thisInfo->attributes))
		{
				//print_array($thisInfo->attributes);
			foreach ($thisInfo->attributes as $thisAttributeID => $thisAttributeInfo)
			{				
				
						$AttributeColors[][$thisAttributeID]=$thisAttributeInfo['genValue']; 
						print_array($AttributeColors); 
		
			//print_array($thisAttributeInfo);
				if (!isset($attributesArr[$thisAttributeID]) || !in_array($thisAttributeInfo['genValue'], $attributesArr[$thisAttributeID]))
					$attributesArr[$thisAttributeID][]=$thisAttributeInfo['genValue'];
							//	print_array($attributesArr[$thisAttributeID]);		
			}
		}
	}
}
2

array_map could also be useful for you.


function sizeInfo($info) {
    return $info[2];
}
function colorInfo($info) {
        return $info[1];
}
$ArSizes = array_map('sizeInfo', $productInfo);
$ArColors = array_map('colorInfo', $productInfo);

If you can give us some sample data to work with, we can help to advise you on the best ways to work with that data.

3

I think that it’s the part that’s causing you grief.

If you have the following array:

Array
{
    [Foo] => Bar
}

And you use the following to add more:

$array[][‘Baz’] = ‘Bat’;

You will end up with:

Array
{
    [Foo] => Bar,
    [0] => Array
    {
        [Baz] => Bat
    }
}

The part of the notation automatically appends another numeric index on to the array.

What you instead want to do, is to add the info without the part

$array[‘Baz’] = ‘Bat’;

Which will result in the following array instead:

Array
{
    [Foo] => Bar,
    [Baz] => Bat
}
4

Agreed, if you can post as small example of “before” and “after”, oh, and don’t format them as the output of var_dump but as arrays others can copy and paste and play with, then you’ll get far more answers, so I have noted anyway.

ie not…


Array
(
    [0] => 3X-Large
    [1] => Extra Large
    [2] => Large

but…


$d = array (
  0 => "3X-Large" 
, 1 => "Extra Large"
,  2 => "Large" 
);
5

i got it…
putting up my little script maybe it’ll help someone down the road.



$ArSizes = array(); 
$ArColors = array();

foreach($infoAttributes as $AttributeKey => $AttributeValue) [
      
          if($AttributeKey=='2') { 
                       array_push($ArSizes[]="$AttributeValue"); 
               }

          if($AttributeKey=='1') { 
                       array_push($ArColors[]="$AttributeValue"); 
               }

Result



Array
(
    [0] => Green
    [1] => Green
    [2] => Red
    [3] => Red
    [4] => Red
    [5] => Red
    [6] => Red
    [7] => Red
    [8] => Red
)

Array
(
    [0] => 3X-Large
    [1] => Extra Large
    [2] => Large
    [3] => Medium
    [4] => Medium
    [5] => Small
    [6] => Small
    [7] => Small
    [8] => Medium
    [9] => Large
    [10] => Extra Large
    [11] => 2X-Large
    [12] => 2X-Large
)

then just toss in a little array_unique and bam.

6

yeah i can strip it all the way down to the Keys and Values but …

but i need them in Array… that’s really the part that frustrating me.

so its like strip them… clean it up and put it back into array.

7

Is this what you’re after?

array[$string] = $otherString;

8

saying that how do i add the array ids in automatically

doing won’t
array(“$string” => “$otherStrin”);

or trying
array(
run a foreach script
);