Searching / Parsing an array key

[heavyEddie]

I have a 3rd party class that is returning some information in the form of an array.  So far so good.  I would like to combing these into a single array but am having some issues figuring out the logic.  I may have been looking at this to long.
My array looks like this...
[code]$data = array('item_number1' => 4455, 'item_qty1' => 44, 'item_number2' => 8523, 'item_qty2 => 66);[/code]

I would like to convert this array so the itemnumbers become the key and the quantities become the value.  Like this...
[code]$data = array(4455 => 44,  8523 => 66);[/code]

If piddled with foreach and while statements... just not getting the pieces together.

[hitman6003]

If the values will always be paired like that (itm1, quan1, itm2, quan2, etc) then you could use something like this:

[code]for ($x = 0; $x < count($array); $x + 2) {
$data[$array[$x]] = $array[$x + 1];
}[/code]

But if the values are ever in a different order, it wouldn't work.  It would also be inaccurate if there were an odd number of array elements...for example if an item with a quantity of 0 didn't create an array element.

[heavyEddie]

Unfortunately, the array contains many different elements and in no particular order.  However, itm1 and quan1 will always go together.

[hitman6003]

if the keys always have the same text at the beginning..."item number" and "item qty", then this would work:

[code]foreach ($array as $key => $value) {
if (substr($key, 0, 11) == "item number") {
$data[substr($key, 11, strlen($key)]['item_number'] = $value);
} else if (substr($key, 0, 8) == "item qty") {
$data[substr($key, 8, strlen($key)]['item_qty'] = $value;
}
}[/code]

Which will generate an mulidimensional array that you can use however you like.

[heavyEddie]

Very good!  I will give it a try first thing in the morning.  Thanks for taking the time to help.