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@NogDogFeb 19.2016 — #I might try to do it something along these lines:
(untested)@NogDogFeb 21.2016 — #It might be nice to tell explain "didn't work" (error, no output, wrong output, etc.).
Anyway, here's a tested version, adding the original array definitions that I left out under the assumption it was understood they were still needed, along with moving the <tr> tags for the data row:
@NogDogFeb 26.2016 — #Well...the looping part doesn't have to be too bad, but the display can get tricky: 3 dimensions on a 2-dimensional screen. ?
Putting that aside, it comes down to a foreach within a foreach (within a foreach...). However, even that gets messy if not every member of the first dimension goes as many dimensions deep; in which case you start talking about some sort of recursive function to deal with it. With that in mind, here's an approach that does not need to know ahead of time the depth of the array, or even if the depth is consistent throughout:
@NogDogFeb 26.2016 — #
Or more energy drinks and less sleep. ?@NogDogMar 02.2016 — #It's actually the browser's rendering of nested <ul> lists, using different bullet characters for different levels' <li> elements. If you don't like them, you can use CSS styling to eliminate them, and possibly change them (not sure, I'm not a CSS guru ? ).
PS: To elaborate a bit to what you might actually have been asking, it is that arrayToList() function that is rendering the array into a nested list via HTML mark-up (and then the browser that renders the different bullet styles and indents for different levels of nesting).
[RESOLVED] PHP Expanding 2 dimensional array to 3 dimensional array.
Hi, I’ve watched several videos on PHP multi-dimensional arrays hoping to find one similar to what I have so I can see how to expand it from a 2D to a 3D but none of the examples in the videos were coded like this one. I want to change this one from 2D to 3D. Thank you for taking a look.
[code=php]<?php
$meat = array (‘beef’, ‘mutton’, ‘poultry’, ‘venison’);
$fruits = array (‘apples’, ‘oranges’, ‘peaches’, ‘pears’);
$veggies = array (‘potatoes’, ‘carrots’, ‘turnips’, ‘beets’);
$dairy = array (‘yogurt’, ‘curds’, ‘whey’, ‘ice cream’);
$grain = array (‘barley’, ‘rice’, ‘oats’, ‘maize’);
$food = array ($meat, $fruits, $veggies, $dairy, $grain);
echo “<table border=”1″>n”;
echo ” <tr><th>Meats</th><th>Fruits</th><th>Veggies</th><th>Dairy</th><th>Grains</th></tr>n”;
for ($i = 0; $i <= 3; $i++) { // rows
echo ” <tr>”;
for ($j = 0; $j <= 4; $j++) { // columns
echo “n <td>”;
echo $food[$j][$i]; // cells
echo “</td>”;
}
echo “n </tr>n”;
}
echo “</table>n”;
?>
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@NogDogFeb 19.2016 — #I might try to do it something along these lines:[code=php]
<?php
$food = array (
'Meats' => $meat,
'Fruits' => $fruits,
'Veggies' => $veggies,
'Dairy' => $dairy,
'Grains' => $grain
);
?>
<table>
<tr>
<?php
foreach(array_keys($food) as $type) {
echo "<th>$type</th>";
}
?>
</tr>
<?php
foreach($food as $type) {
echo "<tr><td>".implode("n", $type)."</td></tr>n";
}
?>
</table>
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@NogDogFeb 21.2016 — #It might be nice to tell explain "didn't work" (error, no output, wrong output, etc.).Anyway, here's a tested version, adding the original array definitions that I left out under the assumption it was understood they were still needed, along with moving the <tr> tags for the data row:
[code=php]
<?php
$meat = array ('beef', 'mutton', 'poultry', 'venison');
$fruits = array ('apples', 'oranges', 'peaches', 'pears');
$veggies = array ('potatoes', 'carrots', 'turnips', 'beets');
$dairy = array ('yogurt', 'curds', 'whey', 'ice cream');
$grain = array ('barley', 'rice', 'oats', 'maize');
$food = array (
'Meats' => $meat,
'Fruits' => $fruits,
'Veggies' => $veggies,
'Dairy' => $dairy,
'Grains' => $grain
);
?>
<table>
<tr>
<?php
foreach(array_keys($food) as $type) {
echo "<th>$type</th>";
}
?>
</tr>
<tr>
<?php
foreach($food as $type) {
echo "<td>".implode("<br>n", $type)."</td>n";
}
?>
</tr>
</table>
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@NogDogFeb 26.2016 — #Well...the looping part doesn't have to be too bad, but the display can get tricky: 3 dimensions on a 2-dimensional screen. ?Putting that aside, it comes down to a foreach within a foreach (within a foreach...). However, even that gets messy if not every member of the first dimension goes as many dimensions deep; in which case you start talking about some sort of recursive function to deal with it. With that in mind, here's an approach that does not need to know ahead of time the depth of the array, or even if the depth is consistent throughout:
[code=php]
<?php
$food = array(
'meat' => array(
'pork' => array(
'ham' => 3.55,
'bacon' => 4.99,
'loin' => 5.95
),
'beef' => array(
'sirloin' => 6.99,
'tbone' => 7.95,
'chuck' => 6.49
)
),
'fruit' => array(
'apple' => array(
'delicious' => .59,
'granny smith' => .67
),
'pineapple' => 1.49,
'grape' => array(
'seedless' => array(
'green' => 2.50,
'red' => 2.30
),
'seeded' => array(
'green' => 2.30,
'red' => 2.25,
'concord' => 3.00
)
)
)
);
function arrayToList($array) {
$output = "<ul>n";
foreach($array as $key => $value) {
$output .= "<li>$keyn";
if(is_array($value)) {
$output .= arrayToList($value);
}
else {
$output .= ": $$valuen";
}
$output .= "</li>";
}
$output.= "</ul>n";
return $output;
}
echo arrayToList($food);
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@NogDogFeb 26.2016 — #I absolutely should have. I shouldn't have posted when I could hardly keep my eyes open and not think straight. I need to learn when to call it a night and sleep.[/QUOTE]
Or more energy drinks and less sleep. ?
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@NogDogMar 02.2016 — #It's actually the browser's rendering of nested <ul> lists, using different bullet characters for different levels' <li> elements. If you don't like them, you can use CSS styling to eliminate them, and possibly change them (not sure, I'm not a CSS guru ? ).PS: To elaborate a bit to what you might actually have been asking, it is that arrayToList() function that is rendering the array into a nested list via HTML mark-up (and then the browser that renders the different bullet styles and indents for different levels of nesting).