Re: Arrays

Never mind. I found a different function that reads out the children as well into the array. function xml_parse_into_assoc($data) { $p = xml_parser_create(); xml_parser_set_option($p, XML_OPTION_CASE_FOLDING, 0); xml_parser_set_option($p, XML_OPTION_SKIP_WHITE, 1); xml_parse_into_struct($p, $data, $vals, $index); xml_parser_free($p); $levels = array(null); foreach ($vals as $val) {

			    if ($val['type'] == 'open' || $val['type'] == 'complete') {
			      if (!array_key_exists($val['level'], $levels)) {
			        $levels[$val['level']] = array();
			      }
			    }

			    $prevLevel =& $levels[$val['level'] - 1];
			    $parent = $prevLevel[sizeof($prevLevel)-1];

			    if ($val['type'] == 'open') {
			      $val['children'] = array();
			      array_push(&$levels[$val['level']], $val);
			      continue;
			    }

			    else if ($val['type'] == 'complete') {
			      $parent['children'][$val['tag']] = $val['value'];
			    }

			    else if ($val['type'] == 'close') {
			      $pop = array_pop($levels[$val['level']]);
			      $tag = $pop['tag'];

			      if ($parent) {
			        if (!array_key_exists($tag, $parent['children'])) {
			          $parent['children'][$tag] = $pop['children'];
			        }
			        else if (is_array($parent['children'][$tag])) {
			            if(!isset($parent['children'][$tag][0])) {
			                $oldSingle = $parent['children'][$tag];
			                $parent['children'][$tag] = null;
			                $parent['children'][$tag][] = $oldSingle;

			            }
			              $parent['children'][$tag][] = $pop['children'];
			        }
			      }
			      else {
			        return(array($pop['tag'] => $pop['children']));
			      }
			    }

			    $prevLevel[sizeof($prevLevel)-1] = $parent;

} } $params = xml_parse_into_assoc($result);//$result = xml result from USPS api Original function by: jemptymethod at gmail dot com Duplicate names fix by: Anonymous (comment right above original function) Best, Karl On Feb 25, 2013, at 7:50 PM, Jim Lucas wrote:

On 02/25/2013 05:40 PM, Karl DeSaulniers wrote:

Hi Guys/Gals, If I have an multidimensional array and it has items that have the same name in it, how do I get the values of each similar item? EG: specialservices => array( specialservice => array( serviceid => 1, servicename=> signature required, price => $4.95 ), secialservice => array( serviceid => 15, servicename => return receipt, price => $2.30 ) ) How do I get the prices for each? What would be the best way to do this? Can I utilize the serviceid to do this somehow? It is always going to be different per specialservice. TIA, Best, Karl DeSaulniers Design Drumm http://designdrumm.com

This will never work. Your last array will always overwrite your previous array. Here is how I would suggest building it: $items = array( 1 => array(

       serviceid => 1,
       servicename=> signature required,
       price => $4.95

), 15 => array(

       serviceid => 15,
       servicename => return receipt,
       price => $2.30

) ) This will ensure that your first level indexes never overwrite themselves. But, with that change made, then do this: foreach ( $items AS $item ) { if ( array_key_exists('price', $item) ) { echo $item['price']; } else { echo 'Item does not have a price set'; } } Resources: http://php.net/foreach http://php.net/array_key_exists --Jim Lucas http://www.cmsws.com/ http://www.cmsws.com/examples/

Karl DeSaulniers Design Drumm http://designdrumm.com