Displaying Multiple Data Under 1 Column

[a6april]

Hello All,

 

I was hoping to get an understanding of displaying data from a specific column in a MySQL database using php.

 

for example lets say the column field is called features and the input contains many features of the record seperated by pipes | and semi colons. (This is imported by a csv file by the way)

 

Lot Description|Flat|Yes;Lot Description|Adjoins Greenbelt|Yes;Lot Description|Wooded Lot|Yes;Lot Description|Irregular|Yes;Outside Features|Deck|Yes;Outside Features|Other - See Remarks|Yes;Outside Features|Utility Shed|Yes; etc etc and so on

 

<td><?php echo $row_vvcarbonall['Features']; ?></td>

 

Would I create an array for this, or is this an if else scenario or is there a way to replace the output of ';' with perhaps a break or is there some other approach I should be considering.

 

Thanks

[AyKay47]

I am on my way out the door, but I have come up with a possible solution to your issue. It is not pretty and I'm sure there is a much easier way to go about this, but this code will hopefully steer you in the right direction until someone else posts a better solution.

 

$text = 'Lot Description|Flat|Yes;Lot Description|Adjoins Greenbelt|Yes;Lot Description|Wooded Lot|Yes;Lot Description|Irregular|Yes;Outside Features|Deck|Yes;Outside Features|Other - See Remarks|Yes;Outside Features|Utility Shed|Yes';
$arr = explode(';', $text);
$lotArr = array();
foreach($arr as $val)
{
if(strpos($val, 'Lot Description') !== FALSE)
{
$i = str_replace('Lot Description|', '', $val);
if(!isset($lotArr['Lot Description']))
 $lotArr['Lot Description'] = array();
$lotArr['Lot Description'][] = $i;
}
if(strpos($val, 'Outside Features') !== FALSE)
{
 $i = str_replace('Outside Features|', '', $val);
 if(!isset($lotArr['Outside Features']))
   $lotArr['Outside Features'] = array();
 $lotArr['Outside Features'][] = $i;
 }
}

foreach($lotArr['Lot Description'] as $key => $val)
{
 if(strpos($val, '|Yes') !== FALSE)
   $lotArr['Lot Description'][$key] = str_replace('|Yes', '', $val);
}
foreach($lotArr['Outside Features'] as $key => $val)
{
 if(strpos($val, '|Yes') !== FALSE)
   $lotArr['Outside Features'][$key] = str_replace('|Yes', '', $val);
}
print_r($lotArr);

 

Results:

 

Array
(
[Lot Description] => Array
(
[0] => Flat
[1] => Adjoins Greenbelt
[2] => Wooded Lot
[3] => Irregular
)


[Outside Features] => Array
(
[0] => Deck
[1] => Other - See Remarks
[2] => Utility Shed
)


)

 

As you can see, it splits the lot description properties and the outside features properties into two arrays. The above code assumes a number of things that need to be clarified. But again, this was done rather quickly and hopefully it will give you an idea.

[Barand]

This will create the array like AyKay's and output it as bullet lists of features

 

<?php
$text = 'Lot Description|Flat|Yes;Lot Description|Adjoins Greenbelt|Yes;Lot Description|Wooded Lot|Yes;Lot Description|Irregular|Yes;Outside Features|Deck|Yes;Outside Features|Other - See Remarks|Yes;Outside Features|Utility Shed|Yes';
$features=array();
$arr = explode(';', $text);

/* create array of the features */
foreach($arr as $ftext) {
  $tmp = explode('|', $ftext);
  if ($tmp[2]=='Yes') {
        $features[$tmp[0]][] = $tmp[1];
  }
}

/* output formatted results */
foreach ($features as $ftype => $farr) {
  echo $ftype . '<ul>' .
    '<li>' . join('</li><li>', $farr) . '</li>' .
    '</ul>';
}
?>