Re: [PHP] Arrays

On Feb 26, 2013, at 10:35 PM, tamouse mailing lists wrote:

> On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 9:51 PM, Karl DeSaulniers <[email protected] 
> > 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
>>
>>
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>
> Would this work for you?
> http://us.php.net/manual/en/function.xml-parse-into-struct.php


That is where I got this function. :)
Comment 12 and 13 on that page.
Yes it worked for me.

Best,

Karl DeSaulniers
Design Drumm
http://designdrumm.com