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/ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php