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user1084885
user1084885

Reputation: 77

How to find data in multi-dimensional array in php?

Let's say, I have something like below (quantities can be variable):

Product Color   XS   S    M    L    XL
   A    RED     100  200  200  200  100
   A    WHITE    50  100  200  100   20
   B    RED      50  200  200  100   50
   B    WHITE   100  200  300  200  100

If I saved them into array such as like this:

$product_array[] = 
    array('product' => 'A', 'color'  => 'RED',
          'XS'      => 100, 'S'      => 200,
          'M'       => 200, 'L'      => 200, 
          'XL' =>100);

What is the easiest way to find size quantity and update their given Product id and color? Let's say, (A, RED) sold XS size 10 qty?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 103

Answers (1)

fsw
fsw

Reputation: 3695

As noted in comments you could use item name + color as an index. If you need to use given format you can create array of references to fasten things up.

$product_array[] = 
    array('product' => 'A', 'color'  => 'RED',
      'XS'      => 100, 'S'      => 200,
      'M'       => 200, 'L'      => 200, 
      'XL' =>100);
$product_array[] = 
    array('product' => 'B', 'color'  => 'GREEN',
      'XS'      => 100, 'S'      => 200,
      'M'       => 200, 'L'      => 200, 
      'XL' =>100);

foreach($product_array as &$product)
{
    $product_by_name_and_color[$product['product']][$product['color']] =& $product;
}

and then:

$product_by_name_and_color['B']['GREEN']['XS'] += 5;
print_r($product_array);

EDIT:

If your products are red from database, most probably you want to update values in database and you are asking the wrong question.

Upvotes: 1

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