How'd I populate a variable with a comma separated string that comes from foreach loop?

Question

Suppose I have an array of data like this:

array:2 [
  0 => array:2 [
    "id" => 7539
    "os" => "Android"
  ]
  1 => array:2 [
    "id" => 7540
    "os" => "iOS"
  ]
]

I want to grab the id values only and place them in a variable that's comma separated (i.e $var = "7539,7540";) using a foreach() loop but for some reason - my code below outputs just the first value in an array (not an individual value).

How can I fix this so that both values are comma separated in a separate variable?

$var = "";

foreach($dataSet as $data) {
    $var = explode(",", $data['id']);
}
dd($var);

Output:

array:1 [
  0 => "7539"
]

I'd just use something like `$var .= "," . $data['id'];` unless you can do something with `implode()`. You'll need to check whether `$var` already has something in it, or just remove the leading comma at the end of the loop. — droopsnoot, Jan 05 '22 at 18:11
@droopsnoot yeah I tried using `implode()`, it didn't work :(. — whenitrainsitpours, Jan 05 '22 at 18:12
you can use this. `foreach($dataSet as $data) { $var .=",".$data['id']; }` — Amir Khaledian, Jan 05 '22 at 18:15

cOle2 · Accepted Answer · 2022-01-05T18:23:45.773

Your current code doesn't work because you are setting $var on each iteration of the foreach. You can use string concatenation however arrays can be a bit more concise and give you the opportunity to re-use the data:

$ids = array(); //emtpy array to hold the values
foreach($dataSet as $data) {
    $ids[] = $data['id']; //append the `id` to the array
}

$var = implode(',', $ids); //join the ids into a string with a comma as the separator

This can also be done using array_column if you don't need to loop:

$var = implode(',', array_column($dataSet, 'id')); //7539,7540

Here is a working example: https://3v4l.org/WNMLX

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 05 '22 at 18:50

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You could do this with the implode method of Collections:

collect($dataSet)->implode('id', ',')

Or you can also use the Collection methods pluck and join:

collect($dataSet)->pluck('id')->join(',')

Laravel 8.x Docs - Collections - Available Methods - implode

Laravel 8.x Docs - Collections - Available Methods - pluck

Laravel 8.x Docs - Collections - Available Methods - join

answered Jan 05 '22 at 18:50

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You may like to move your answer to the canonical target. I am doing a major clean up of "implode array column" questions. – mickmackusa Jul 26 '22 at 02:50

How'd I populate a variable with a comma separated string that comes from foreach loop?

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