[SOLVED] 2 arrays in foreach loop

[AdRock]

When i connect to the database I create 2 arrays

while ($row = $result->fetch()) {
$emails[] = $row['email'];
$names[] = ucwords($row['first_name']);
}

 

and i want to use both arrays in my foreach loop

 

at the moment if does the foreach using the email array but it doesn't do the foreach for the names array so it applies the same name to each of the emails instead of goping through each email address and getting each name

 

foreach($emails as $email) {
$to = $email;
	  
$HTML = str_replace($nameholder, $names, $HTML);
$HTML = str_replace($emailholder, $email, $HTML);
	  
$result = sendHTMLemail($HTML,$from,$to,$subject);
	  
if($result != 'Correct') {
	return "Emails not sent";
}
}

 

How can i get each name in the array to match each email?

[rhodesa]

you can do it like this:

foreach($emails as $n=>$email) {
   $name = $names[$n];
   $to = $email;
       
   $HTML = str_replace($nameholder, $names, $HTML);
   $HTML = str_replace($emailholder, $email, $HTML);
       
   $result = sendHTMLemail($HTML,$from,$to,$subject);
       
   if($result != 'Correct') {
      return "Emails not sent";
   }
}

 

but is there a reason you don't just use a multidimensional array?

 

$data = array();
while ($row = $result->fetch()) {
   $data[] = array(
      'email' => $row['email'],
      'name' => ucwords($row['first_name'])
   );
}

foreach($data as $item) {
   $to = $item['email'];
       
   $HTML = str_replace($nameholder, $item['name'], $HTML);
   $HTML = str_replace($emailholder, $item['email'], $HTML);
       
   $result = sendHTMLemail($HTML,$from,$to,$subject);
       
   if($result != 'Correct') {
      return "Emails not sent";
   }
}

[AdRock]

Thanks rhodesa

 

I was thinking about a 2D array but never had to use it before.  The second example is what i was trying to get as a solution