foreach on array adding extra rows to array

[AdRock]

I am pulling some data out of a MySQL database and echoing it out (pretty standard stuff)

 

What is really confusing me is I have checked the query using phpMyAdmin and it returns 1 row which is what i expect.  I've even double checked by using a COUNT query and i get the same result.

 

The problem is when I run the returned array through a foreach loop to populate a new array, it appears to create 2 new array rows and i think it's to do with my IF statements.

 

What i want to do in the IF is check is a certain value is present.  If not, check that the value is a number and a  certain length out of 2 conditions.  If not, then do nothing.  I'm looking for 3 conditions.

Could the problem be that the field type in the database is a varchar and i'm checking for a number?

 

Here is my code

 

$allowed = array('param1', 'param2', 'param3');


//if(isset($_POST['submit'])) {


//$sql = 'SELECT consignment_number FROM tracker WHERE order_number = 2893214 AND consignment_number IS NOT NULL';
$sql = 'SELECT column1, column2 FROM table WHERE column1 = :placeholder AND CHAR_LENGTH(column2) > 1';


$stmt = $db->prepare($sql);


//$stmt->bindValue('order', $_POST['order']);
$stmt->bindValue(':placeholder', $val);


$stmt->execute();


$rows = $stmt->fetchAll();


echo count($rows).'<br />'; //echos 1 as checked in phpMyAdmin


if(count($rows) != 0) {


$myarray = array();


foreach($rows as $row) {


$test = $row['column2'];


//do something
if ($test == 'RM') {


// despatched by royal mail
$myarray['column1'] = "param1";
$myarray['column2'] = $test;
}
elseif ( ctype_digit($test) && (strlen($test) ==  ) {


// going by FedEx?
$myarray['column1'] = "param2";
$myarray['column2'] = $test;


}
elseif ( ctype_digit($test) && (strlen($test) == 11) ) {


// going by TNT?
$myarray['column1'] = "param3";
$myarray['column2'] = $test;
}
}
}
else {


//no rows
}


echo count($myarray);


echo '<pre>';var_dump($myarray);echo'</pre>';


if(in_array($myarray['column1'], $allowed)) {


foreach ($myarray as $array) {


if(!empty($myarray['column1'])) {


echo $myarray['column1'].': '.$myarray['column2'].'<br />';


}
}
}
else {




}

 

[Ch0cu3r]

The problem is here

if(in_array($myarray['column1'], $allowed)) {
	foreach ($myarray as $array) {
		if(!empty($myarray['column1'])) {
			echo $myarray['column1'].': '.$myarray['column2'].'<br />';
		}
	}
}

The reason you get duplicated results is because the foreach loop is looping through the values (column1 and column2) of $myarray and is running the code within that loop twice!

 

You do not need the foreach loop. The code should be

if(in_array($myarray['column1'], $allowed)) {
	if(!empty($myarray['column1'])) {
		echo $myarray['column1'].': '.$myarray['column2'].'<br />';
	}
}

 

The only time you'd need the foreach loop if $myarray contains multiple arrays, eg

$myarray = array();
$myarray[0]['column1'] = 'param1';
$myarray[0]['column2'] = '12345678';

$myarray[1]['column1'] = 'bad_param2';
$myarray[1]['column2'] = '87654321';

$myarray[2]['column1'] = 'param3';
$myarray[2]['column2'] = '12345678910';

Then your foreach loop would be

foreach ($myarray as $array) {
	if(in_array($array['column1'], $allowed)) {
		if(!empty($array['column1'])) {
			echo $array['column1'].': '.$array['column2'].'<br />';
		}
	}
}

Then result would be

param1: 12345678
param3: 12345678910

[AdRock]

Thanks Ch0cu3r .  Got it sorted by making the new array as an associative array as sometimes I have more than 1 record returned