On 2012-03-21, at 2:39 PM, Jay Blanchard <jay.blanch...@sigmaphinothing.org>
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" => "j...@demo.com",
> "website" => "www.john.com",
> "age" => "22",
> "password" => "pass",
> "description" => array(
> "hair" => "blonde",
> "eyes" => "blue",
> "build" => "medium"
> )),
> "Anna" => array(
> "email" => "a...@demo.com",
> "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":"j...@demo.com","website":"www.john.com","age":"22","password":"pass","description":{"hair":"blonde","eyes":"blue","build":"medium"}},"Anna":{"email":"a...@demo.com","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
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