CODEWITHSUNDEEP
phpmysqlarraysdatabase
ziad.ali
ziad.ali

Reputation: 341

Convert array to another array

I have one array that I am showing like this: 

echo '<table>';
foreach ($rowData as $row => $tr) {
    echo '<tr>'; 
    foreach ($tr as $td)
        echo '<td>' . $td .'</td>';
    echo '</tr>';
}
echo '</table>';

The second and fourth columns are always the name of the column. The result is something like:

Name: John Locke - NickName: Locke

Age: 20 - Adress: Ok

See the pattern?

How can I put these array in my database?

As my database table structure is: 

ID - Name - NickName - Age - Adress

I don't have a clue how to do that with the array i'm using..

--UPDATE

$table = $html->find('table', 0);
$rowData = array();

foreach($table->find('tr') as $row) {
    // initialize array to store the cell data from each row
    $flight = array();

    foreach($row->find('td') as $cell) {

        foreach($cell->find('span') as $e){
            $e->innertext = '';
        }

        // push the cell's text to the array
        $flight[] = $cell->plaintext;
    }
    $rowData[] = $flight;
}

echo '<table>';
foreach ($rowData as $row => $tr) {
    echo '<tr>'; 
    echo '<td>' . $row . '</td>'; 
    foreach ($tr as $td)
        echo '<td>' . $td .'</td>';
    echo '</tr>';
}
echo '</table>';

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1275

Answers (2)

CodingInTheUK
CodingInTheUK

Reputation: 948

As you already know what the array positions relate to, IE positions 0 through 3. You can simply iterate as you are doing now and compile a query instead.

Just drop this snippet into your code, ive knocked this up on the fly and its a bit hackish, probably a better way. Just look at what it does on your screen and see where if any it needs correcting.

$insert = '';
for ($i=0; $i<=3; $i++):

   $insert .= "'" . $tr[$i] . "'";

   if ($i !== 3):
       $insert .= ',';
   endif;

endfor;

echo $insert;

Once you are seeing what looks like a correct insert then you can (using safe methods) insert it into your database.

Upvotes: 0

Pierre-Luc Bolduc
Pierre-Luc Bolduc

Reputation: 495

you can do that:

$insert = "";
foreach ($rowData as $row => $tr) {
        $insert .= "('".$tr[0]."','".$tr[0]."','".$tr[0]."','".$tr[0]."'),";

}
$insert = substr($insert, 0, -1)
$sql = "Insert into YourTable values ".$insert;

Upvotes: 1

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