How to convert this array to string

[1bigbear]

I am having problems converting this array to a string

using print_r($val[1]); I get:

Array
(
    [0] => Array
        (
            [name] => John
        )

    [1] => Array
        (
            [name] => Dan
        )

    [2] => Array
        (
            [name] => Jim
        )
)

I have tried several methods but they don't work

[smerny]

check out the implode function

 

http://php.net/manual/en/function.implode.php

[1bigbear]

How to use

<?php

$array = array('lastname', 'email', 'phone');
$comma_separated = implode(",", $array);

echo $comma_separated; // lastname,email,phone

?>

[1bigbear]

I want to use the data from $val[1][1] in another place but it needs to be a string

[samoi]

foreach will be good catch!

[1bigbear]

could you explain?

[samoi]

<?

$array = array('lastname', 'email', 'phone');
foreach($array as $key => $value){
echo $value;
echo ', ';
}

?>

 

try this

[samoi]

is it what you mean?

[1bigbear]

what do I put instead of 'lastname', 'email', 'phone' I don't have that?

[samoi]

Sorry I didn't understand exactly what you want to do with the array actually!

 

do you want it to be something like keys and values?

 

Or you need to import values inside the array so you can use those values as we just did?

[1bigbear]

The array $val has this data

Array
(
    [0] => Array
        (
            [name] => John
        )

    [1] => Array
        (
            [name] => Dan
        )

    [2] => Array
        (
            [name] => Jim
        )
)

And I want to use the content of $val[1][1] that is Dan, but the script that I use needs a string not a array

And I don't know how to convert the array $val[1][1] to string

 

[samoi]

The array $val has this data

Array
(
    [0] => Array
        (
            [name] => John
        )

    [1] => Array
        (
            [name] => Dan
        )

    [2] => Array
        (
            [name] => Jim
        )
)

And I want to use the content of $val[1][1] that is Dan, but the script that I use needs a string not a array

And I don't know how to convert the array $val[1][1] to string

 

 

Well, I think you have a mistake !

 

so,

<?
$users = array('John', 'Dan', 'someone');
echo $users[1][1]; // will give you the litter a of the user d*A*n!
echo $users[1]; // will give you dan!

// So you don't need extra index [1] for $val !
// just use $val[1], then it will give you the string of the index 1 !

// what you actually doing is adding an index to the index ! so it's starting to pick letter as index of the index name!

?>

[l0ve2hat3]

<?php

$array[0]['name']='John';
$array[1]['name']='Dan';
$array[2]['name']='Jim';

$string='';
foreach($array as $subarray){
    $string.=$subarray['name'].',';
}
$string=rtrim($string,',');
echo $string;
?>

OR this way...

<?php
$array[0]['name']='John';
$array[1]['name']='Dan';
$array[2]['name']='Jim';

for($i=0;$i<count($array);$i++){
    $names[]=$array[$i]['name'];
}
$string2=implode(',',$names);
echo $string2;
?>

 

im sure there are many ways