Retrieving only one subset from an array based on ID

[schwim]

Hi there everyone!

I’ve got an array that looks like this:

Array
(
    [0] => Array
        (
            [id] => 1
            [name] => SESX Demo
            [safename] => sesx-demo
            [ip] => domain.com
            [port] => 30120
            [dbhost] => 127.0.0.1
            [dbname] => c1
            [dbuser] => schwim
            [dbpass] => pass
            [framework] => sesx
        )

    [1] => Array
        (
            [id] => 2
            [name] => Testing really long server name
            [safename] => testing-server
            [ip] => 111.111.111.111
            [port] => 30120
            [dbhost] => localhost
            [dbname] => fivem
            [dbuser] => root
            [dbpass] => 
            [framework] => custom
        )

    [2] => Array
        (
            [id] => 3
            [name] => Scotch & Iron
            [safename] => scotch-iron
            [ip] => scotchandiron.org
            [port] => 30120
            [dbhost] => domain.com
            [dbname] => general
            [dbuser] => user
            [dbpass] => pass
            [framework] => esx
        )

)

And I need to work with just one of the server ID’s at a time To explain better, as an example, I want to get all the vars for ID1 named SESX Demo… I tried to do a while inside the foreach loop to try to do it but that causes an infinite page load:

$server_id = ‘1’, so I had hoped my while would retrieve all the necessary vars while in that part of the loop.

foreach($serverlist AS $server){
	while($server['id'] == $server_id){
		$server_name 		= $server['name'];
		$server_safename	= $server['safename'];
		$server_host		= $server['host'];
		$server_port		= $server['port'];
		$server_dbhost		= $server['dbhost'];
		$server_dbname		= $server['dbname'];
		$server_dbuser		= $server['dbuser'];
		$server_dbpass		= $server['dbpass'];
		$server_framework	= $server['framework'];
	}
}

What’s the best way to handle retrieving the data of only one subset of the array based on the value of one of the subset’s vars?

[schwim]

oh man, I’m dense.

while(

changed to

if(

got it working. Is this the best way to handle this?

[schwim]

Well, I think I’ve made it a little bit cleaner. I am sure it could be better though.

foreach($serverlist AS $key => $val){
	if($val['id'] == $server_id){
		foreach($val AS $k => $v){
			${'server_'.$k}	= $v;
		}
	}
}

echo 'server is: '.$server_name;
exit;

[benanamen]

if the array is named $serverlist you can access each element in the first array like so

$serverlist[0][id]
$serverlist[0][name]
$serverlist[0][safename]

etc, etc…

There is no need to jump through loops or create variables for nothing.

[schwim]

But it won’t always be in position [0] and the server id won’t be in any particular relationship to that position either. If I need server with an ID of 7, I’ll have no idea where in the array it is. That’s why I did the loop(s).

[benanamen]

Perhaps you should tell us about the real problem instead of asking about your attempt in solving it.

Why would you possibly need 7 server configs in one application?

[droopsnoot]

When you build the array, couldn’t you build it in a different way such that the primary index is your “id” value?

[schwim]

Heya droop and thanks for the help!

That would definitely be more elegant but I haven’t figured out how to format a PDO query’s result yet.

[Dormilich]

PDO has a lot (like really a lot) different fetch modes where you can even combine them. What might work here is esp. PDO::FETCH_UNIQUE.