Re: Embedding foreach loops

On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 6:44 PM, Allen McCabe<allenmccabe@gmail.com> wrote: > Gmail automatically sent my last email, apologies. > > I am creating an order form for tickets for a list of performances at a > performing arts center. > > Currently, the form is on paper, and is set up as follows: > -Title     - date  - time - price - soldout - quantity - total($) > -Nutcracker - Tues 10/13 -  9am - $4.00 - yes/no  - ________ - ______ > -Nutcracker - Tues 10/13 - 11am - $4.00 - yes/no  - ________ - ______ > -Mayhem P.. - Thur 01/21 -  9am - $4.00 - yes/no  - ________ - ______ > -Mayhem P.. - Thur 01/21 - 11am - $4.00 - yes/no  - ________ - ______ > -Max and... - Tues 04/21 -  9am - $4.00 - yes/no  - ________ - ______ > > A given show may have between 1 and 4 performances, and I figured the best > way to approach this was to consider each show time for each show as an > entity. There are 19 unique titles, but given different showtimes, it > becomes 38 'shows'. > > I have the shows in an array ($shows), and the details for each show in its > own array (eg. $show_01) embedded into the show array. > > I need to generate a row for each show (so 38 rows), and assign quantity and > total input fields a unique name and id. > > I can't seem to get my foreach loops to work, will PHP parse embedded loops? > > Here is an example of my embedded arrays: > > [code=shows.php] > > $shows = array(); > >  $shows['show_01'] = $show_01; >  $show_01 = array(); >  $show_01['title'] = 'Van Cliburn Gold Medal Winner'; >  $show_01['date'] = 'Tues. 10/13/2009'; >  $show_01['time'] = '11am'; >  $show_01['price'] = 4.00; >  $show_01['soldout'] = 0; //IF THE SHOW SELLS OUT, CHANGE "0" to > "1" > (without quotations). > >  $shows['show_02'] = $show_02; >  $show_02 = array(); >  $show_02['title'] = 'Jack and the Beanstalk'; >  $show_02['date'] = 'Fri. 10/23/2009'; >  $show_02['time'] = '11am'; >  $show_02['price'] = 4.00; >  $show_02['soldout'] = 0; //IF THE SHOW SELLS OUT, CHANGE "0" to > "1" > (without quotations). > > [/code] > > And here are the foreach loops I'm trying to build the rows with: > > [code=order.php] > > <?php > foreach ($shows as $key => $value) { >  foreach ($value as $key2 => $value2) { >      print '      <td bgcolor="#DDDDDD">'. $value2 > .'</td>'; >  } >  print '<tr><td>'; >  print '      <td colspan="3" bgcolor="#DDDDDD"><input > name="'.$value.'_qty"  type="text" > id="'.$value.'_qty" size="5"  /></td>'; >  print '      <th bgcolor="#DDDDDD"><span > class="style6">$</span>'; >  print '        <input name="'.$value.'_total" >  type="text" > id="'.$value.'_total" size="15" maxlength="6" >  /></th>'; >  print '      <th bgcolor="#DDDDDD" > class="instruct">yes/no</th>'; >  print '</tr>'; > } > ?> > > [/code] > > In case you were wondering why I embedded the foreach statement, I need each > array (eg. $show_22) to display in a row, and I need PHP to build as many > rows are there are shows. > > Is this something I need to have in a database to work? > > Thanks! > Embedded loops are OK, actually I don't know a language where you can't do it :) I think that your problem is the $shows array creation, you do this: > $shows = array(); > > $shows['show_01'] = $show_01; > $show_01 = array(); Note that you are assigning $show_01 to a key in $shows before creating $show_01, you should first create and fill $show_01 and then assign it to a key in $shows. Hope that helps. Jonathan