On Feb 25, 2013, at 7:50 PM, Jim Lucas wrote:

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

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http://www.cmsws.com/examples/


Thanks Jim,
However I have no control over how the USPS sends back the response.
See my more detailed email.

Best,

Karl DeSaulniers
Design Drumm
http://designdrumm.com


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