how to replace empty values in an array

[shaddf]

i have this array:

$flavors = array('Japanese' => array('hot' => 'wasabi',
'salty' => 'soy sauce'),
'Chinese' => array('hot' => '',
'pepper-salty' => 'prickly ash'),'indian' => array('hot' => '',
'pepper-salty' => 'prickly ash'),'mexican' => array('hot' => 'soanzo',
'salty' => 'soy sauce'),
'russian' => array('hot' => '',
'pepper-salty' => 'prickly ash'),'ganda' => array('hot' => '',
'pepper-salty' => 'prickly ash'));

 

how can i loop through it  and replace the empty values with the value of the previously filled part of say japanese ' hot  for  the two arrays next to it and mexican' soanzo for the next two to it using for loop

 

 

[Ch0cu3r]

What? I dont understand what you mean. Can you post an example of how you want the array to be filled.

Edited August 23, 2015 by Ch0cu3r

[Barand]

is this what you had in mind?

$prevkey = '';
foreach ($flavors as $k1 => $arr) {
    foreach ($arr as $k2 => $v ) {
        if ($v=='') {
            if (isset($flavors[$prevkey][$k2])) {
                $flavors[$k1][$k2] = $flavors[$prevkey][$k2];
            }
        }
        $prevkey = $k1;
    }
}
echo '<pre>',print_r($flavors, true),'</pre>';

gives

Array
(
    [Japanese] => Array
        (
            [hot] => wasabi
            [salty] => soy sauce
        )

    [Chinese] => Array
        (
            [hot] => wasabi
            [pepper-salty] => prickly ash
        )

    [indian] => Array
        (
            [hot] => wasabi
            [pepper-salty] => prickly ash
        )

    [mexican] => Array
        (
            [hot] => soanzo
            [salty] => soy sauce
        )

    [russian] => Array
        (
            [hot] => soanzo
            [pepper-salty] => prickly ash
        )

    [ganda] => Array
        (
            [hot] => soanzo
            [pepper-salty] => prickly ash
        )

)

[shaddf]

 

is this what you had in mind?

$prevkey = '';
foreach ($flavors as $k1 => $arr) {
    foreach ($arr as $k2 => $v ) {
        if ($v=='') {
            if (isset($flavors[$prevkey][$k2])) {
                $flavors[$k1][$k2] = $flavors[$prevkey][$k2];
            }
        }
        $prevkey = $k1;
    }
}
echo '<pre>',print_r($flavors, true),'</pre>';

gives

Array
(
    [Japanese] => Array
        (
            [hot] => wasabi
            [salty] => soy sauce
        )

    [Chinese] => Array
        (
            [hot] => wasabi
            [pepper-salty] => prickly ash
        )

    [indian] => Array
        (
            [hot] => wasabi
            [pepper-salty] => prickly ash
        )

    [mexican] => Array
        (
            [hot] => soanzo
            [salty] => soy sauce
        )

    [russian] => Array
        (
            [hot] => soanzo
            [pepper-salty] => prickly ash
        )

    [ganda] => Array
        (
            [hot] => soanzo
            [pepper-salty] => prickly ash
        )

)

$flavors[]=

 array('Japanese' =>  array('hot' => 'wasabi','salty' => 'soy sauce','sweety' => 'soy rdsauce','bitter' => 'pepper sauce'),

'Chinese' => array('hot' => '','salty' => '','sweety' => 'soy rdsauce_one','bitter' => 'pepper sauce3'),

'indian' => array('hot' => '','salty' => '','sweety' => '','bitter' => 'pepper sauce4'),

'mexican' => array('hot' => 'soanzo','salty' => 'soy sauce1','sweety' => 'soy sauceeur','bitter' => 'pepper sauce_sausage'),

'russian' => array('hot' => '','salty' => '','sweety' => '','bitter' => 'pepper sauce_pork'),'ganda' => array('hot' => '',

'salty' => '','sweety' => 'soy sauce_beef','bitter' => 'luwombo_chicken'));

 

can you make it work for such an array. such that the empty values are filled with the content of the previous full array closest to it. say for ganda, it shpul be filled with the mexican values corresponding to each empty value, this is true for russian too. And the same setting has to be applied to those next to the full japanese array.

 

the final array should be like this.keeping in mind that it can be bigger than this.

Array

(

    [Japanese] => Array

        (

            [hot] => wasabi

            [salty] => soy sauce

        [sweety] => soy rdsauce

        [bitter] => pepper sauce

        )

 

    [Chinese] => Array

        (

            [hot] => wasabi

            [salty] => soy sauce

        [sweety] => soy rdsauce_one

        [bitter] => pepper sauce3

        )

 

    [indian] => Array

        (

            [hot] => wasabi

            [salty] => soy sauce

        [sweety] => soy rdsauce

        [bitter] => pepper sauce4

        )

 

    [mexican] => Array

        (

            [hot] => soanzo

            [salty] => soy sauce1

        [sweety] => soy sauceeur

        [bitter] => pepper sauce_sausage

        )

 

    [russian] => Array

        (

            [hot] => soanzo

            [salty] => soy sauce1

        [sweety] => soy sauceeur

        [bitter] => pepper sauce_pork

 

        )

 

    [ganda] => Array

        (

            [hot] => soanzo

            [salty] => soy sauce1

        [sweety] => soy sauce_beef

        [bitter] => luwombo_chicken

 

        )

 

)

 

[Barand]

$prevkey = '';
foreach ($flavors as $k1 => $arr) {
    foreach ($arr as $k2 => $v ) {
        if ($v=='') {
            if (isset($flavors[$prevkey][$k2])) {
                $flavors[$k1][$k2] = $flavors[$prevkey][$k2];
            }
        }
    }
    $prevkey = $k1;
}
echo '<pre>',print_r($flavors, true),'</pre>';

Sorry, I had $prevkey = $k1; in the wrong place.

[shaddf]

$prevkey = '';
foreach ($flavors as $k1 => $arr) {
    foreach ($arr as $k2 => $v ) {
        if ($v=='') {
            if (isset($flavors[$prevkey][$k2])) {
                $flavors[$k1][$k2] = $flavors[$prevkey][$k2];
            }
        }
    }
    $prevkey = $k1;
}
echo '<pre>',print_r($flavors, true),'</pre>';

Sorry, I had $prevkey = $k1; in the wrong place.

 

thanks