[RESOLVED] print out in a table arrays

jrough

I have this function I want to accept any associative array and print out the content in tables.

Function UDF_PRINT_DATA($aryMain) {
	Echo "<TABLE>";
    echo "<tr>";

$fields = count(array_keys($aryMain[0]))

foreach(array_keys($aryMain[0] as $title)){
    echo "<th>";
   	$str =  $str . "<td>". $title  ."</td>"; 
    echo "</th>";}	
    echo "</tr>";
    echo "<tr>";
for($i=1; $i< $fields; $i++){
   if !(is_array($aryMain[$i]){
    	echo array_values($aryMain as $val). "<br>"; 
		$str.= <td> .$val .</td>;
	}else{}
}	
    echo "</tr>";		
	Echo "</TABLE>";
}

The problem is it could have sub-arrays in the associative array. I test for that in the if clause but I don't know what to do in the else part. Then you would have to keep testing for arrays in arrays.

thanks,

sneakyimp

You also might have arrays within arrays within arrays within arrays.

If I were you, I would try to make a recursive function (something like "print_array_as_table") and when you are printing out a value, check to see if it's an array. if it is, make a nested call to print_array_as_table.

jrough

Is this how you mean nested ? thanks,

Function UDF_PRINT_DATA($aryMain) {
	echo "<TABLE>";
    echo "<TR>";
if !(is_array($aryMain){	

foreach(array_keys($aryMain as $title)){
    $str= "<TH>";
	$str .=  $str . "<td>". $title  ."</td>"; 
   $str.= "</TH>";
   $str.= "</TR>";	}  

foreach( array_values($aryMain as $val)){ 
$str1 = "<TR>";
$str1 .= <TD> .$val .</TD>;
$str1 .= "</TR>";
}
echo "</TR>";		
echo "</TABLE>";
}else{ 
	UDF_PRINT_DATA($aryMain)
 }	//end else

}//end function

sneakyimp

Sort of. You got it right that a 'recursive' function is one that calls itself, but your logic looks a bit suspect. You should try to make your code work so that UDF_PRINT_DATA always receives an array as input. This would mean internally it would call UDF_PRINT_DATA on any values that are an array. Your function only calls UDF_PRINT_DATA on $aryMain if it is not an array.

jrough

thanks,