On 2012-03-21, at 2:39 PM, Jay Blanchard <jay.blanchard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > This is a continuation of the nested query thing I posted to the list a while back. I was finally able to output a nested unordered array that worked out well, but scope-creep has come in the door and I have to change gears. > > I have a project where I have multiple queries and each query uses the results from the previous query to get it's results. I need to do one of two things, either out put a multidimensional array that I can use json_encode() on or I have to format the output from the queries as a JSON string. The resulting JSON will be used by a JavaScript widget and must be formed correctly. I created the following array by hand: > > $userList = array("John" => array( > "email" => "john@xxxxxxxx", > "website" => "www.john.com", > "age" => "22", > "password" => "pass", > "description" => array( > "hair" => "blonde", > "eyes" => "blue", > "build" => "medium" > )), > "Anna" => array( > "email" => "anna@xxxxxxxx", > "website" => "www.anna.com", > "age" => "24", > "password" => "pass", > "description" => array( > "hair" => "brunette", > "eyes" => "hazel", > "build" => "petite" > ) > )); > > I ran it through json_encode() and got the following output > > {"John":{"email":"john@xxxxxxxx","website":"www.john.com","age":"22","password":"pass","description":{"hair":"blonde","eyes":"blue","build":"medium"}},"Anna":{"email":"anna@xxxxxxxx","website":"www.anna.com","age":"24","password":"pass","description":{"hair":"brunette","eyes":"hazel","build":"petite"}}} > > jslint.com verifies this as good JSON (although I thought there had to be square brackets around child arrays). > > If you were me would you just generate the JSON? If not what is he best way to output an array that will nest properly for each subsequent query? > > Thanks for any insight! > > Would it not be easier to get the data from a view which has the tables joined? Then it would be one query and it's a simple matter to format the results into the multi dimensional array then json? Bastien -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php