[RESOLVED] Multidimensional Array

neroag

can some one help with pulling an element out of this portion of a multidim array please i can do some but not the one i need ...

I need the [NAME] element

Array ( [CREATED] => Array ( [@attributes] => Array ( [value] => Fri Aug 26 1:01:01 BST 2011 ) [CATEGORY] => Array ( [0] => Array ( [@attributes] => Array ( [id] => 69 [name] => > Games ) [PRODUCT] => Array ( [0] => Array ( [@attributes] => Array ( [ITEM] => 446 ) [NAME] => Nookii [MODEL] => 00nk01

using

echo $arrXml[CREATED][CATEGORY][0][PRODUCT][0]['@attributes'][NAME];

doesnt work

yet
using

echo $arrXml[CREATED][CATEGORY][0][PRODUCT][0]['@attributes'][ITEM];

works properly

bradgrafelman

The '@attributes' index contains only one index - 'ITEM'.

Use [man]print_r/man and preserve PHP's spacing. The spacing will make it very easy to see how the array is structured, rather than trying to guess becauseeverythingissqueezedtogether.

neroag

Thanks

I have tried the print_r() thats where the snippit of the arrays are taken from i just cannot figure how to get the [NAME] element at all

bradgrafelman

neroag;10986893 wrote:
I have tried the print_r() thats where the snippit of the arrays are taken from

Yes, but you lost all of the whitespace when you did. The output should look something like:

Array
(
    [CREATED] => Array
        (
            [CATEGORY] => Array
                (
                    [0] => Array
                        (
                            [PRODUCT] => Array
                                (
                                    [NAME] => Nookii
                                    [@attributes] => Array
                                        (
                                            [ITEM] => 446
                                        )

                            )

                    )

            )

    )

)

which makes the nesting/hierarchy of the array structure quite easy to read.

neroag

Thanks Brad

Not sure why it removed the white space but i manged to figure it, thanks for your help

bradgrafelman

neroag;10986917 wrote:
Not sure why it removed the white space

How did you view the output? If you were using a web browser, then you have to view the source code of the page rather than just looking at the rendered page itself; repeated whitespace characters are ignored in HTML.

EDIT: Another common solution is to wrap the print_r() output in <pre>..</pre> HTML tags to preserve the whitespace.