In PHP I have a set of nested arrays of data. I want to flatten these, so that for every node and leaf I get a list of its parents.
Here’s an example of the original array – note, each part could be of an unknown depth and length:
JavaScript
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$data = array(
"name" => "Thing",
"children" => array(
array(
"name" => "Place",
"rdfs:subClassOf" => "schema:Thing",
"children" => array(
array(
"name" => "Accomodation",
"rdfs:subClassOf" => "schema:Place",
"children" => array(
array(
"name" => "Apartment",
"rdfs:subClassOf" => "schema:Accomodation",
),
array(
"name" => "Hotel",
"rdfs:subClassOf" => "schema:Accomodation",
),
array(
"name" => "House",
"rdfs:subClassOf" => "schema:Accomodation",
)
)
)
)
),
array(
"name" => "CreativeWork",
"rdfs:subClassOf" => "schema:Thing",
"children" => array(
array(
"name" => "Article",
"rdfs:subClassOf" => "schema:CreativeWork",
"children" => array(
array(
"name" => "NewsArticle",
"rdfs:subClassOf" => "schema:Article",
),
array(
"name" => "OpinionArticle",
"rdfs:subClassOf" => "schema:Article",
),
)
)
)
)
)
);
(The data I’m actually parsing is this Schema.org JSON file – the above is a minimal example of it.)
And here’s what I’d like to end up with:
JavaScript
$results = array(
"Place" => array("Thing"),
"Accomodation" => array("Thing", "Place"),
"Apartment" => array("Thing", "Place", "Accomodation"),
"Hotel" => array("Thing", "Place", "Accomodation"),
"House" => array("Thing", "Place", "Accomodation"),
"CreativeWork" => array("Thing"),
"Article" => array("Thing", "CreativeWork"),
"NewsArticle" => array("Thing", "CreativeWork", "Article"),
"OpinionArticle" => array("Thing", "CreativeWork", "Article"),
);
I’m assuming I need to recursively call a function to build the array but so far I’m not having much luck. In case this makes it harder, this is happening in a static method.
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Answer
Something quick to get you started:
JavaScript
class Parser {
public static function parse($input,$prefix = []) {
$return = $prefix ? [$input['name']=>$prefix] : [];
if (isset($input['children'])) {
$prefix[] = $input['name'];
foreach ($input['children'] as $child) {
$return += self::parse($child,$prefix);
}
}
return $return;
}
}
var_dump(Parser::parse($data));
You probably need to add a few checks and comments to make it more readable.