How to pull a specific key data from multidimensional array
Question
I'm converting XML file into associative array to pull out the data, the problem is that I have to make 10 loops depends on arrays number in order to get the data.
is there a better way to get a specific column data without creating many loops? because I want to assign them to variables.
the array I'm trying to get data from
Array
(
[catalog] => Array
(
[comp] => Array
(
[0] => Array
(
[look] => Array
(
[shp] => Array
(
[wok] => Array
(
[group] => Array
(
[customer] => Array
(
[author] => jack
[title] => Midnight Rain1
[genre] => Fantasy
[price] => 5.95
[publish_date] => 2000-12-16
[description] => A former architect battles corporate zombies.
)
[customer2] => Array
(
[author] => lemass
[title] => Midnight Rain1
[genre] => Fantasy
[price] => 5.95
[publish_date] => 2000-12-16
[description] => A former architect battles corporate zombies.
)
)
)
)
)
)
[1] => Array
(
[look] => Array
(
[shp] => Array
(
[wok] => Array
(
[group] => Array
(
[customer] => Array
(
[author] => jon
[title] => Midnight Rain1
[genre] => Fantasy
[price] => 5.95
[publish_date] => 2000-12-16
[description] => A former architect battles corporate zombies.
)
[customer2] => Array
(
[author] => kirito
[title] => Midnight Rain1
[genre] => Fantasy
[price] => 5.95
[publish_date] => 2000-12-16
[description] => A former architect battles corporate zombies.
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
I'm trying to get the data like this!
I have 2 arrays "customer" and "customer1"
I want to get the data like this
customer=>author
the output
jack
jon
because they are in the customer array
its it possible to do that ??
2 answers
solution1
1 ACCPTED 2016-10-25 17:34:24
Say your array is stored in $arr you would access the comp index and then loop it since those are numeric indexes. Then you have an array to whittle down some more. This all seems a bit bloated by the array structure but will work
$arr; //Set this to your converted xml
$comps = $arr['catalog']['comp'];
foreach($comps as $comp){
echo $comp['look']['shp']['wok']['group']['customer']['author'];
}
solution2
0 2016-10-25 18:14:44
<?php
$aVar = Array
(
'catalog' => Array
(
'comp' => Array
(
0 => Array
(
'look' => Array
(
'shp' => Array
(
'wok' => Array
(
'group' => Array
(
'customer' => Array
(
'author' => 'jack',
'title' => 'Midnight Rain1',
'genre' => 'Fantasy',
'price' => 5.95,
'publish_date' => '2000-12-16',
'description' => 'A former architect battles corporate zombies.'
),
'customer2' => Array
(
'author' => 'lemass',
'title' => 'Midnight Rain1',
'genre' => 'Fantasy',
'price' => 5.95,
'publish_date' => '2000-12-16',
'description' => 'A former architect battles corporate zombies.'
)
)
)
)
)
),
1 => Array
(
'look' => Array
(
'shp' => Array
(
'wok' => Array
(
'group' => Array
(
'customer' => Array
(
'author' => 'jon',
'title' => 'Midnight Rain1',
'genre' => 'Fantasy',
'price' => 5.95,
'publish_date' => '2000-12-16',
'description' => 'A former architect battles corporate zombies.'
),
'customer2' => Array
(
'author' => 'kirito',
'title' => 'Midnight Rain1',
'genre' => 'Fantasy',
'price' => 5.95,
'publish_date' => '2000-12-16',
'description' => 'A former architect battles corporate zombies.'
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
);
function findKey($array, $keySearch) {
foreach ($array as $key => $item) {
if ($key === $keySearch) {
echo $item . '<br>';
//return true; // if just the first is wanted
} else if (is_array($item) && findKey($item, $keySearch)) {
return true;
}
}
return false;
}
findKey($aVar, 'author');
Prints out:
jack
lemass
jon
kirito
Source Check if specific array key exists in multidimensional array - PHP
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