[Resolved] How to Compact Multidimensional array

[koray]

Help is appreciated.

I need to compact the following array:

Array
(
[0] => Array
(
[Author] => Steven_Wright
)

[1] => Array
(
[Cast Member] => Bob_Stevens
)

[2] => Array
(
[Cast Member] => Steven_Young
)

[3] => Array
(
[Cast Member] => Jamie_Fox
)

[4] => Array
(
[Cast Member] => Steven_Wright
)

[5] => Array
(
[Director] => Steven_Young
)

[6] => Array
(
[Producer] => Bob_Stevens
)

[7] => Array
(
[Set Designer] => Jamie_Fox
)

)

I'd like Cast Member to become:
[1] => Array
(
[Cast Member] => Bob_Stevens, Steven_Young, etc
)

If you can point me in the right direction or provide an example on how I might accomplish this I'd be grateful.

Thanks

[TheDefender]

This will get you started... This will create a separate array like you want, where all of the Cast Members are in one key value called "Cast Members"... Once you have this, you need to go into the original array, and unset all of the Cast Member keys, and append this new array into your array if you want it in your array. I don't have time to work that out for you, but this should get you started... Or maybe one of the real Gurus can step in here... (I am sure they have an easier way than I have given you... They always do. 😉)

<?php
$array = Array(
Array("Author" => "Steven_Wright"),
Array("Cast Member" => "Bob_Stevens"),
Array("Cast Member" => "Steven_Young"),
Array("Cast Member" => "Jamie_Fox"),
Array("Cast Member" => "Steven_Wright"),
Array("Director" => "Steven_Young"),
Array("Producer" => "Bob_Stevens"),
Array("Set Designer" => "Jamie_Fox")
); 
$result = "";
FOREACH($array AS $k1){
	FOREACH($k1 AS $k => $v){
		IF($k == "Cast Member"){
			$result .= $v." ";
		}		
	}
}

$castarray = Array("Cast Members" => implode(", ", explode(" ", trim($result))));
print_r($array);
echo "<br /><br />";
print_r($castarray);
echo "<br /><br />";

// Or you can just merge the new array to the original if you want.
$newarray = array_merge($array, $castarray);
print_r($newarray);


?>

[koray]

Thank you for taking the time - this helps.