Trying to work through some nested nested arrays in PHP

Question

I've gotten some traction, but there are just TOO MANY for me to wrap my head around.

So... here it is... basically I need to read this array, find the one with the name "On Call". Then I need to display the "members".

Then after that I will have to push that back in, but I can probably figure out how to reverse it if I could figure out how to dig into it to start with.

I've tried foreach, I've tried While loops... I've tried combos of both.

I keep hitting walls and I'm no longer chipping away it seems... please help. edit Seems like I made a Faux Paus by not adding my code, so here it is in all its messy glory. My apologies.

echo "MainArray<br>";
echo count($mainArray);
echo "<br><br>";
foreach($mainArray["ring_groups"] as $response){
    echo "Inside Ring Group Name<br>";
    echo $response["name"];
    while ($arrayName = current($response["name"])) {
        echo $arrayName;
        if ($arrayName == 'On Call') {
   echo "<table style='border: 1px solid #336699; width:500px'>
        <tr>
            <td>On Call Person:</td>
            <td>";
            echo $response["members"];
    echo "</td>
    </table>";
    echo "<br><br>";
    print_r($response["members"]);
    next($response["name"]);
        }
    }
}

/* Display Raw Response */
?>

<pre>
    Did it work?<br>
    <? print_r($response); ?>
    Yo!
</pre>

Here is the data dump (print_r) of the main array:

    Array
(
    [status] => success
    [ring_groups] => Array
        (
            [0] => Array
                (
                    [ring_group] => 25061
                    [name] => Normal
                    [caller_announcement] => 0
                    [music_on_hold] => default
                    [language] => en
                    [members] => account:163768_Adam1,25,0;account:163768_Conf1,25,0;account:163768_Eric1,25,0;account:163768_Fax,25,0;account:163768_FDL1,25,0;account:163768_FDR1,25,0
                    [voicemail] => 637681
                )

            [1] => Array
                (
                    [ring_group] => 25069
                    [name] => Front Desk
                    [caller_announcement] => 0
                    [music_on_hold] => default
                    [language] => en
                    [members] => account:163768_FDL1,25,0;account:163768_FDR1,25,0
                    [voicemail] => 637681
                )

            [2] => Array
                (
                    [ring_group] => 27048
                    [name] => On Call
                    [caller_announcement] => 0
                    [music_on_hold] => default
                    [language] => en
                    [members] => fwd:135888,25,0
                    [voicemail] => 
                )

            [3] => Array
                (
                    [ring_group] => 54169
                    [name] => TenX
                    [caller_announcement] => 0
                    [music_on_hold] => default
                    [language] => en
                    [members] => account:163768_Adam1,25,0;account:163768_Ashleigh,25,0;account:163768_Bryan,25,0;account:163768_Eric1,25,0;account:163768_FDL1,25,0;account:163768_FDR1,25,0
                    [voicemail] => 10
                )

        )

)

Please show what you tried. We'll help you fix your code, but we won't write it for you. — Barmar, Dec 17 '18 at 22:14
Hint: it should start with `foreach ($array['ring_groups'] as $group)` — Barmar, Dec 17 '18 at 22:15
See https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6661530/php-multidimensional-array-search-by-value — Barmar, Dec 17 '18 at 22:19
And https://stackoverflow.com/questions/29308898/how-do-i-extract-data-from-json-with-php for getting to the nested element in the first place. — Barmar, Dec 17 '18 at 22:20
@Barmar, thanks for the links, checking those now. I'm totally down for posting code, but my code is a MESS right now with lots of dumb "echo "step 2"" stuff so I can keep track of what is being displayed and not displayed. — Gilligan, Dec 17 '18 at 22:52
@Barmar, I added my code to the original. Man you guys are feisty! LOL — Gilligan, Dec 17 '18 at 23:06
What is `current($response["name"])` supposed to mean? The argument to `current()` should be an array, but `$response["name"]` is a string. — Barmar, Dec 17 '18 at 23:08
Get rid of the `while` loop, and just do `$arrayName = $response["name"];` — Barmar, Dec 17 '18 at 23:10
You're already looping over the array with `foreach()`, you don't need another loop. — Barmar, Dec 17 '18 at 23:10
@Barmar, I was trying to pass the array "$response[name]" to the function. :( — Gilligan, Dec 17 '18 at 23:16
But `$response["name"]` isn't an array. `$response` is an array, `$response["name"]` is a string like `Normal`, `On Call`, etc. — Barmar, Dec 17 '18 at 23:17
@Barmar, I think I get it. I just wasn't... obviously. :) I've scrapped a lot of that and pushed through with the code below... I'm making some progress. Still uncovering more and more with this puzzle. But I can return the members now... now I just have to pull the forwardings and then match up that ID with the member information so I can actually display useful info. :) — Gilligan, Dec 17 '18 at 23:39
@Barmar, also, why is this still on "hold"... I did what you asked. — Gilligan, Dec 17 '18 at 23:41

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 17 '18 at 22:16

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Perhaps something like:

foreach($main_array['ring_groups'] as $ring_group) {
  if($ring_group['name'] == 'On Call') {
    $members = explode(";", $ring_group['members'];

    foreach($members as $member) {
      // here you do your variable separation as you prefer
    }
  }
}

answered Dec 17 '18 at 22:16

Mihail Minkov

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I have added code to the original post. – Gilligan Dec 17 '18 at 23:07
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I see no reason to down vote this answer, in the question there is no detail given about what they need to once members are successfully accessed, @Muihail gets the members and throws that in an array, that answers the question in my opinion. – rs007 Dec 17 '18 at 23:33
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@rs007, 100% It helped me get past the roadblock I was on and did it with about 1/10th of the code I was hacking up. I learned a LOT from that... it makes a LOT more sense to do it that way. – Gilligan Dec 17 '18 at 23:40
Great stuff @Gilligan, great work so far, post your problem so it's more specific and the work you've accomplished so far, I am positive, we will be able to help you accomplish what you need to – rs007 Dec 17 '18 at 23:50
@rs007, is proper etiquette to continue adding here or to add a new post? – Gilligan Dec 18 '18 at 00:10
@gilligan I would recommend asking a question, also give this a read https://stackoverflow.com/help/how-to-ask – rs007 Dec 18 '18 at 00:16
@Gilligan, apologies I meant new post, – rs007 Dec 18 '18 at 00:19
Glad to be of help @Gilligan – Mihail Minkov Dec 18 '18 at 00:30

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