3D Array to HTML Form array

[brooky]

Hello Folks,

I'm trying to convert a PHP array into an HTML form array. e.g.

From PHP:

$lang['front']['changePass'] = "Change you password";
$lang['front']['passUpdates'] = "Your password has been updated";
$lang['back']['orderSuccess'] = "Order Successful";
$lang['back']['orderSuccess']['again'] = "Again?";

To HTML:

<input type="text" name="lang[front][changePass]" value="Change you password" />
<input type="text" name="lang[front][passUpdates]" value="Your password has been updated" />
<input type="text" name="lang[back][orderSuccess]" value="Order Successful" />
<input type="text" name="lang[back][orderSuccess][again]" value="Again?" />

So far I have created the following function:

function formArray($mastArray)
  {
		$i=0;

	foreach($mastArray as $key => $value)
	{
		$i++; 

		if(empty($keyTree))
		{
			$keyTree = "[".$key."]";
			$formArray[$i]['flatkey'] = $keyTree;
		}
		else
		{
			$formArray[$i]['flatkey'] = $keyTree."[".$key."]";
		}

		$formArray[$i]['key'] = $key;
		$formArray[$i]['flatvalue'] = $value;

		if(is_array($value))
		{
			$keyTree .= "[".$key."]";
			$formArray = formArray($value);
		}

	}

	return $formArray;

  }

However this doesn't quite work. Does any one feel upto the challenge of helping me solve it?

[Weedpacket]

Um, your PHP won't work:

$lang['back']['orderSuccess'] = "Order Successful";
$lang['back']['orderSuccess']['again'] = "Again?"; 

The first line makes $lang['back']['orderSuccess'] a string, so the second line doesn't do the right thing.

Maybe that's what the 'flatkey' and 'flatvalue' things are about, but a bit of clarification would be a good thing about now.