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jonmrich
jonmrich

Reputation: 4333

Parse mySQL query results and form array for if/else

I need to get all the values in one column in a table so I can create a whitelist for another query. Here's how I'm getting that:

$stmt = $dbh->prepare("select GROUP_CONCAT( cohort_id SEPARATOR ',') as cohort_id from ( select distinct cohort_id from table_cohorts) as m"); 
$stmt->execute(); 
$row = $stmt->fetch();
$avails = json_encode($row);

If I var_dump $avails, I get this:

string(125) "{"cohort_id":"national_percent,database_percent,cohort_1,cohort_2","0":"national_percent,database_percent,cohort_1,cohort_2"}"

The stuff with "cohort_id" is what I want. I need to form an array so I can drop it in something like this:

(in_array($sortvalue, $arrayofpossibleoptions)) //$sortvalue comes from AJAX

How can I get this in the right format? One further wrinkle, I need to add one additional value to the $arrayofpossibleoptions or something like this, but not sure what the proper syntax is:

(in_array($sortvalue, $arrayofpossibleoptions || 'another' ))

If I var_dump $row, I get this:

array(2) {
  ["cohort_id"]=>
  string(51) "national_percent,database_percent,cohort_1,cohort_2"
  [0]=>
  string(51) "national_percent,database_percent,cohort_1,cohort_2"
}

Upvotes: 1

Views: 620

Answers (1)

Kevin
Kevin

Reputation: 41903

If you need this data to be loaded into in_array, then it should be in an array form, you can't use a json string.

$stmt = $dbh->prepare('SELECT DISTINCT cohort_id FROM table_cohorts'); 
$stmt->execute();
$cohort_ids = array();
while($row = $stmt->fetch(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC)) {
    $cohort_ids[] = $row['cohort_id'];
}

if(in_array($user_input, $cohort_ids)) {
    // do the rest
} else {
    // oops your input is not any of those
}

Upvotes: 1

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