I need to build complex multilevel array in callback only, one atomic update per call.
The reason for it: callback is called many times from iterative parser. Finally it should build deserialized PHP-array of binary format being parsed.
Here is runnable code:
const ACTION_VALUE = 1;
const ACTION_ENTER = 2;
const ACTION_LEAVE = 3;
function callback($action, $value, &$param)
{
switch ($action)
{
case ACTION_ENTER:
$param['parent'][] = &$param['current'];
$param['current'][] = [];
end($param['current']);
$param['current'] = &$param['current'][key($param['current'])];
break;
case ACTION_LEAVE:
unset($param['current']);
$param['current'] = array_pop($param['parent']);
end($param['current']);
break;
case ACTION_VALUE:
$param['current'][] = $value;
break;
}
}
// prepare container
$arr = [];
$arr['data'] = [];
$arr['current'] = &$arr['data'];
$arr['parent'] = [];
// callback invocations
callback(ACTION_VALUE, 1, $arr);
callback(ACTION_VALUE, 2, $arr);
callback(ACTION_ENTER, 0, $arr);
callback(ACTION_VALUE, 10, $arr);
callback(ACTION_VALUE, 11, $arr);
callback(ACTION_LEAVE, 0, $arr);
callback(ACTION_VALUE, 3, $arr);
callback(ACTION_VALUE, 4, $arr);
// now see result
var_dump(json_encode($arr['data']));
Try it here
Above example prints:
[1,2,[10,11]]
, but should [1,2,[10,11],3,4]
.
Update: Multilevel means arbitrary arrays of random depth.
Update: The problem was with array_pop()
, see below accepted answer for fixed version.
I think the problem is array_pop
which doesn't return actual reference to the last element. This one works:
<?php
const ACTION_VALUE = 1;
const ACTION_ENTER = 2;
const ACTION_LEAVE = 3;
function callback($action, $value, &$param)
{
switch ($action) {
case ACTION_ENTER:
$param['parent'][] = &$param['current'];
$param['current'][] = [];
end($param['current']);
$param['current'] = &$param['current'][key($param['current'])];
break;
case ACTION_LEAVE:
unset($param['current']);
end($param['parent']);
$param['current'] = &$param['parent'][key($param['parent'])];
unset($param['parent'][key($param['parent'])]);
end($param['current']);
break;
case ACTION_VALUE:
$param['current'][] = $value;
break;
}
}
// prepare container
$arr = [];
$arr['data'] = [];
$arr['current'] = &$arr['data'];
$arr['parent'] = [];
// callback invocations
callback(ACTION_VALUE, 1, $arr);
callback(ACTION_VALUE, 2, $arr);
callback(ACTION_ENTER, 0, $arr);
callback(ACTION_VALUE, 10, $arr);
callback(ACTION_VALUE, 11, $arr);
callback(ACTION_ENTER, 0, $arr);
callback(ACTION_VALUE, 40, $arr);
callback(ACTION_VALUE, 41, $arr);
callback(ACTION_LEAVE, 0, $arr);
callback(ACTION_LEAVE, 0, $arr);
callback(ACTION_VALUE, 3, $arr);
callback(ACTION_VALUE, 4, $arr);
// now see result
var_dump(json_encode($arr['data']));
You could do something like this, it definitely simplifies what you are trying to do. It just has different base array values, but it is similar enough, so I think it should work for your application of it.
Changes made: Restructured the array and used a addTo
string as 'pointer'
const ACTION_VALUE = 1;
const ACTION_ENTER = 2;
const ACTION_LEAVE = 3;
// prepare container
$arr = [];
$arr['data'] = [];
$arr['addTo'] = 'data';
$arr['temp'] = [];
function callback($action, $value, &$param)
{
switch ($action)
{
case ACTION_ENTER:
$param['addTo'] = 'temp';
break;
case ACTION_LEAVE:
$param['addTo'] = 'data';
$param['data'][] = $param['temp'];
$param['temp'] = [];
break;
case ACTION_VALUE:
$param[$param['addTo']][] = $value;
break;
}
}
// callback invocations
callback(ACTION_VALUE, 1, $arr);
callback(ACTION_VALUE, 2, $arr);
callback(ACTION_ENTER, 0, $arr);
callback(ACTION_VALUE, 10, $arr);
callback(ACTION_VALUE, 11, $arr);
callback(ACTION_LEAVE, 0, $arr);
callback(ACTION_VALUE, 3, $arr);
callback(ACTION_VALUE, 4, $arr);
// now see result
var_dump(json_encode($arr['data']));