On Mar 23, 2012, at 11:24 PM, Robert Cummings wrote: > On 12-03-23 05:41 PM, Jay Blanchard wrote: >> [-- DELETED GARBAGE --] :) > > I just realized... I've been stuck in a thinking rut. I latched onto one solution that works well in some case but didn't fully examine the nuances of your own scenario. Given the way you are creating your hierarchy you will ultimately retrieve all rows. As such the following simple solution will do what you need: > > <?php > > $company = 1; > > $query = > "SELECT DISTINCT " > ." * " > ."FROM " > ." tiers " > ."WHERE " > ." company = {$company} "; > > $root = array(); > if( $db->query( $query ) ) > { > while( ($row = $db->fetchRow()) ) > { > $focus = &$root; > for( $i = 1; $i <= 14; $i++ ) > { > $name = $row['tier'.$i]; > > if( !isset( $focus[$name] ) ) > { > $focus[$name] = array(); > } > > $focus = &$focus[$name]; > } > } > } > > $json = JSON_encode( $root ); > > ?> > > Cheers, > Rob. > -- At first blush I'm not sure how this would work - but I haven't had any coffee yet either. I'll give this a shot in a little while. Seems almost too easy. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php