I need to get the the distinct ‘uid’ and its corresponding ‘name’ , how can I do this in a multidimensional array?
$userdb = array(
array(
'uid' => '100',
'name' => 'Sandra Shush',
'pic_square' => 'urlof100'
),
array(
'uid' => '5465',
'name' => 'Stefanie Mcmohn',
'pic_square' => 'urlof100'
),
array(
'uid' => '5465',
'name' => 'Jane Doe',
'pic_square' => 'urlof100'
),
array(
'uid' => '40489',
'name' => 'Michael',
'pic_square' => 'urlof40489'
),
array(
'uid' => '40489',
'name' => 'Jane Doe',
'pic_square' => 'urlof40489'
));
sample output:
$data = [{uid: '100', name: 'Sandra Shush'},{uid: '5465', name: ['Stefanie Mcmohn','Jane Doe']}, {uid: '40489', name: ['Michael','Jane Doe']}]
tried working with array_columns and array_keys but i cant think of the right way to get this.
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Answer
Try Something like this , here i am storing uid to an array and checking is it already available in the array with in_array function
<?php
$userdb = array(
array(
'uid' => '100',
'name' => 'Sandra Shush',
'pic_square' => 'urlof100'
),
array(
'uid' => '5465',
'name' => 'Stefanie Mcmohn',
'pic_square' => 'urlof100'
),
array(
'uid' => '40489',
'name' => 'Michael',
'pic_square' => 'urlof40489'
),
array(
'uid' => '40489',
'name' => 'Jane Doe',
'pic_square' => 'urlof40489'
));
$newUserDb = array();
$arrayUserId=array();
foreach ($userdb as $user) {
$newUserDbSingle=array();
$nameArray=array();
if (in_array($user['uid'], $arrayUserId))
{
$key = array_search ($user['uid'], $arrayUserId);
$nameArray=$newUserDb[$key]['name'];
array_push($newUserDb[$key]['name'], $user['name']);
}
else
{
unset($user['pic_square']);
$arrayUserId[]=$user['uid'];
$newUserDbSingle=$user;
$newUserDbSingle['name']=array($user['name']);
$newUserDb[]=$newUserDbSingle;
}
}
print_r($newUserDb);
?>