Re: Arrays

On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 9:51 PM, Karl DeSaulniers <karl@designdrumm.com> wrote: > 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 > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > Would this work for you? http://us.php.net/manual/en/function.xml-parse-into-struct.php