[
'one/two' => 3,
'one/four/0' => 5,
'one/four/1' => 6,
'one/four/2' => 7,
'eight/nine/ten' => 11
]
I am attempting to build the above array based on $json_str:
$json_str = '{
"one":
{
"two": 3,
"four": [ 5,6,7]
},
"eight":
{
"nine":
{
"ten":11
}
}
}';
I built a recursive function that loops thru this $json_str but so far I can only get strings to output.
How would I build an array instead echoing a string?
Also, how would I get only index values that belong in the associative index to be there.
Currently I can only get all keys to print:
one/two => 3
one/two/four/0 => 5
one/two/four/0/1 => 6
one/two/four/0/1/2 => 7
one/eight/nine/ten => 11
Below is what I have so far:
<?php
function printAll($a, $prefix = '') {
if (!is_array($a) && !is_object($a)) {
$prefix = rtrim($prefix, '/');
echo $prefix . ' => ' . $a, "
";
return;
}
foreach($a as $k => $v) {
$prefix .= $k . "/";
printAll($v, $prefix);
}
}
$json_str = '{
"one":
{
"two": 3,
"four": [ 5,6,7]
},
"eight":
{
"nine":
{
"ten":11
}
}
}';
$object = json_decode($json_str);
printAll($object);
You could use an array to hold the keys of object, instead of using a string, and array_pop()
to remove the last one at the end of the loop. So you have a stack of the keys which can be used to get the breadcrumb of the JSON data.
function printAll(&$out = [], $a, $prefix = []) {
foreach ($a as $key => $value) {
$prefix[] = $key; // add the key to "prefix"
if (is_array($value) || is_object($value)) {
printAll($out, $value, $prefix);
}else{
$out[implode('/', $prefix)] = $value;
}
// remove current key because we are no more inside it.
array_pop($prefix);
}
}
$json_str = '{"one": {"two": 3, "four": [ 5,6,7] }, "eight": {"nine": {"ten":11 } } }';
$object = json_decode($json_str);
$data = [];
printAll($data, $object);
print_r($data);
Outputs:
Array
(
[one/two] => 3
[one/four/0] => 5
[one/four/1] => 6
[one/four/2] => 7
[eight/nine/ten] => 11
)
You modify $prefix
inside the foreach loop. Therefore the changes will be there in each subsequent iteration of the loop. You should be fine if you cache your output in a temporary variable:
foreach($a as $k => $v) {
$tmp = $prefix;
$tmp .= $k . "/";
printAll($v, $tmp);
}
Now if you want to build an array instead of echoing you can simply pass the array by reference, and build it:
function printAll($a, &$output, $prefix = '') {
if (!is_array($a) && !is_object($a)) {
$prefix = rtrim($prefix, '/');
$output[]= $prefix . ' => ' . $a. "
";
return;
}
foreach($a as $k => $v) {
$tmp = $prefix;
$tmp .= $k . "/";
printAll($v, $output, $tmp);
}
}
I put a demo here: https://3v4l.org/LSvZN