php string to array structure

Question

In php, I need to turn this array:

array(
    'group1_selector1_rule1' => value
,   'group1_selector1_rule2' => value
,   'group1_selector1_rule3' => value
,   'group1_selector2_rule1' => value
,   'group1_selector2_rule2' => value
,   'group2_selector1_rule1' => value
,   'group2_selector1_rule2' => value
,   'group3_selector1_rule1' => value
,   'group3_selector2_rule1' => value
,   'group3_selector2_rule2' => value
);

into this:

array(
    'group1' => array(

        'selector1' => array(
            'rule1' => value
        ,   'rule2' => value
        ,   'rule3' => value
        )

    ,   'selector2' => array(
            'rule1' => value
        ,   'rule2' => value
        )

    ) // end group 1

,   'group2' => array(

        'selector1' => array(
            'rule1' => value
        ,   'rule2' => value
        )
    ) // end group 2

,   'group3' => array(

        'selector1' => array(
            'rule1' => value
        )

    ,   'selector2' => array(
            'rule1' => value
        ,   'rule2' => value
        )
    ) // end group 3
); // end array

If anyone out there would like to suggest a smart way, I'd be interested :) I think I could labour some algorithm, but I'd like something elegant and have a feeling that some clever use of explode() and some 'array_merging' functions could do it?

Wh1T3h4Ck5 · Accepted Answer · 2011-04-12 21:31:48Z

4

  $res_array = array();
  foreach ($array as $key=>$value) {
    $x = explode("_", $key);
    $res_array[$x[0]][$x[1]][$x[2]] = $value;
    }

  var_dump($res_array);

for $array

$array = array(
    'group1_selector1_rule1' => 'value1'
,   'group1_selector1_rule2' => 'value2'
,   'group1_selector1_rule3' => 'value3'
,   'group1_selector2_rule1' => 'value4'
,   'group1_selector2_rule2' => 'value5'
,   'group2_selector1_rule1' => 'value6'
,   'group2_selector1_rule2' => 'value7'
,   'group3_selector1_rule1' => 'value8'
,   'group3_selector2_rule1' => 'value9'
,   'group3_selector2_rule2' => 'value10'
);

Output:

array(3) {
  ["group1"]=>
  array(2) {
    ["selector1"]=>
    array(3) {
      ["rule1"]=>
      string(6) "value1"
      ["rule2"]=>
      string(6) "value2"
      ["rule3"]=>
      string(6) "value3"
    }
    ["selector2"]=>
    array(2) {
      ["rule1"]=>
      string(6) "value4"
      ["rule2"]=>
      string(6) "value5"
    }
  }
  ["group2"]=>
  array(1) {
    ["selector1"]=>
    array(2) {
      ["rule1"]=>
      string(6) "value6"
      ["rule2"]=>
      string(6) "value7"
    }
  }
  ["group3"]=>
  array(2) {
    ["selector1"]=>
    array(1) {
      ["rule1"]=>
      string(6) "value8"
    }
    ["selector2"]=>
    array(2) {
      ["rule1"]=>
      string(6) "value9"
      ["rule2"]=>
      string(7) "value10"
    }
  }
}

answered Apr 12, 2011 at 21:31

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mikkelbreum Over a year ago

that was fast :) thanks a lot, saved me half an evening here!

profitphp · Accepted Answer · 2011-04-12 21:34:16Z

2

<?

$poo=array(
    'group1_selector1_rule1' => 'value'
,   'group1_selector1_rule2' => 'value'
,   'group1_selector1_rule3' => 'value'
,   'group1_selector2_rule1' => 'value'
,   'group1_selector2_rule2' => 'value'
,   'group2_selector1_rule1' => 'value'
,   'group2_selector1_rule2' => 'value'
,   'group3_selector1_rule1' => 'value'
,   'group3_selector2_rule1' => 'value'
,   'group3_selector2_rule2' => 'value'
);

foreach ($poo as $k=>$v){
        list($a,$b,$c) = explode('_',$k);
        $new[$a][$b][$c]=$v;
}
print_r($new);

http://www.ideone.com/skv0a

answered Apr 12, 2011 at 21:34

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mikkelbreum Over a year ago

thanks, and great tool you showed me ideone.com I like that it shows memory usage and execution time, makes it possible to compare solutions. sorry I can't accept both answers. this one seems slightly more elegant from the syntax, but I guess they do roughly the same.

Lior Cohen · Accepted Answer · 2011-04-12 21:57:03Z

2

How about a generic solution?

<?php
function transform($oldArray)
{
  $newArray = array();
  foreach ($oldArray as $selector => $value)
  {
    $parts = explode('_', $selector);
    $last = array_pop($parts);
    $arr = &$newArray;

    foreach ($parts as $part)
    {
      if (!is_array($arr[$part])) $arr[$part] = array();
      $arr = &$arr[$part];
    }
    $arr[$last] = $value;
  }
  return $newArray;
}
?>

edited Apr 12, 2011 at 21:57

answered Apr 12, 2011 at 21:47

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mikkelbreum Over a year ago

thanks, good point regarding the generic vs. specific solutions.

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