placing an array back together

[msimonds]

I have a input file which i created a multidimensional array so i could sort on certain fields;

If I have an variable which contains:

Array
(
[54] => Array
(
[id] => 1834
[hotel_name] => Tropicana Inn Anaheim
[street_address] => 1540 S. Harbor Blvd.
[hotel_city] => Anaheim
[hotel_state] => California
[hotel_zip] => 92802
[hotel_country] => United States
[hotel_number] => 1-800-826-3010
[hotel_fax] =>
[hotel_rates] => 89-825
[hotel_cards] => AMERICAN EXPRESS,DINERS CLUB,DISCOVER,JCB,MASTERCARD,VISA
[hotel_checktime] => 15:00-12:00
[hotel_description] => Located just across the street from the 'Happiest Place on Earth'. Enjoy yourself in one of the 200 comfortably furnished rooms or relax in our spacious pool and spa that are heated year round for your pleasure. The Inn features a gift shop, photo service and complimentary tea and coffee. Complimentary shuttle is available to Disneyland Park.
[hotel_url] => http://verizon.worldres.com/script/property.php?hotel_id=1834&front_end_id=9884

    )[/QUOTE] 

how can i place the items back into one line like they were in the orginal input file (attached)

[Wynder]

Hmm.. it looks tab delimited.

//Itterate through each hotel.
for($i = 0; $i <= count($arrLst); $i++)
{
   //Get the array out of each element.
   foreach($arrLst['$i'] as $value)
   {
      $line = $value['id'] . "\t" . $value['hotel_name'] . "\t"; //.... etc for all fields.
      saveLine($line); //save the line somewhere. 
   }

}

Something like that should work fairly well.

msimonds wrote:

I have a input file which i created a multidimensional array so i could sort on certain fields;

If I have an variable which contains:

how can i place the items back into one line like they were in the orginal input file (attached)

[msimonds]

so if i have 18 levels, i would need to do each field (sounds like a lot of code) and then save it, what about writing it to a text file?

[msimonds]

oh and Wynder, sorry I forgot to sat thank you !!!!!

[Wynder]

That little code snippet (didn't test it for syntax), will go through all of the hotels -- inside of that foreach() it's building a string with all of those fields with tabs inbetween them... just keep adding on to it in the order you want it...

$line = $value['id'] . "\t" . $value['hotel_name'] . "\t" . $value['street_address'] . "\t" ...  //etcetra...

Immediate after that line, you can use the fopen() functions to open up a file for append and write it with fwrite().

[msimonds]

Okay then one last thing, if the original data that I posted is stored in variable of

$ushotels, would $value be replaced with $ushotels?

does this look right sir, sorry to sound so stupid:

for($i = 0; $i <= count($arrLst); $i++)
{
   //Get the array out of each element.
   foreach($arrLst['$i'] as $ushotels)
   {
      $line = $ushotels['id'] . "\t" . $ushotels['hotel_name'] . "\t" . $ushotels['street_address'] . "\t". $ushotels['street_address'] . "\t" .$ushotels['hotel_city'] . "\t" .$ushotels['hotel_state'] . "\t" . $ushotels['hotel_zip'] . "\t" . $ushotels['hotel_country'] . "\t" . $ushotels['hotel_number'] . "\t" .
              $ushotels['hotel_fax'] . "\t" . $ushotels['hotel_fax'] . "\t" . $ushotels['hotel_rates'] . "\t" . $ushotels['hotel_cards'] . "\t" . $ushotels['hotel_checktime'] . "\t" . $ushotels['hotel_description'] . $ushotels['hotel_url'] . "\t"; //.... etc for all fields.
      print_r($line);
      exit; //save the line somewhere.
   }

}

[msimonds]

when i run this code:

for($i = 0; $i <= count($arrLst); $i++)
{
   //Get the array out of each element.
   foreach($arrLst['$i'] as $value)
   {
      $line = $value['id'] . "\t" . $value['hotel_name'] . "\t" . $value['street_address'] . "\t". $value['street_address'] . "\t" .$value['hotel_city'] . "\t" .$value['hotel_state'] . "\t" . $value['hotel_zip'] . "\t" . $value['hotel_country'] . "\t" . $value['hotel_number'] . "\t" .
              $value['hotel_fax'] . "\t" . $value['hotel_fax'] . "\t" . $value['hotel_rates'] . "\t" . $value['hotel_cards'] . "\t" . $value['hotel_checktime'] . "\t" . $value['hotel_description'] . $value['hotel_url'] . "\t"; //.... etc for all fields.
      print_r($line);
      exit; //save the line somewhere.
   }

}

i get Invalid argument supplied for foreach()

TIA
Mike

[Wynder]

$arrList['$i'] is literally looking for the value $i -- leave it out of the single quotes... $arrList[$i] and the $i will be interpolated to the numeric value.

msimonds wrote:

when i run this code:

for($i = 0; $i <= count($arrLst); $i++)
{
   //Get the array out of each element.
   foreach($arrLst['$i'] as $value)
   {
      $line = $value['id'] . "\t" . $value['hotel_name'] . "\t" . $value['street_address'] . "\t". $value['street_address'] . "\t" .$value['hotel_city'] . "\t" .$value['hotel_state'] . "\t" . $value['hotel_zip'] . "\t" . $value['hotel_country'] . "\t" . $value['hotel_number'] . "\t" .
              $value['hotel_fax'] . "\t" . $value['hotel_fax'] . "\t" . $value['hotel_rates'] . "\t" . $value['hotel_cards'] . "\t" . $value['hotel_checktime'] . "\t" . $value['hotel_description'] . $value['hotel_url'] . "\t"; //.... etc for all fields.
      print_r($line);
      exit; //save the line somewhere.
   }

}

i get Invalid argument supplied for foreach()

TIA
Mike

[Wynder]

Anywhere you see $arrList replece it with $ushotels. $value is just an arbitrary variable name to store the data... so, something like this...

for($i = 0; $i <= count($ushotels); $i++)
{
   //Get the array out of each element.
   foreach($ushotels[$i] as $value)
   {
      $line = $value['id'] . "\t" . $value['hotel_name'] . "\t" . $value['street_address'] . "\t". $value['street_address'] . "\t" .$value['hotel_city'] . "\t" .$value['hotel_state'] . "\t" . $value['hotel_zip'] . "\t" . $value['hotel_country'] . "\t" . $value['hotel_number'] . "\t" .
              $value['hotel_fax'] . "\t" . $value['hotel_fax'] . "\t" . $value['hotel_rates'] . "\t" . $value['hotel_cards'] . "\t" . $value['hotel_checktime'] . "\t" . $value['hotel_description'] . "\t" . $value['hotel_url']; //.... etc for all fields.
      print_r($line);
      exit; //save the line somewhere.
   }

}

[msimonds]

Thank you kind sir