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I am currently working with the following array,

    Array
(
    [0] => Array
        (
            [0] => Array
                (
                    [candidate_id] => 41
                    [show_on_site] => urban talent
                    [first_name] => Barney
                    [surname] => Harwood
                    [gender] => male
                    [talent] => presenter
                    [skill] => 
                    [DOB] => 1983-11-30
                    [Location] => London
                    [contact_telephone] => 01234 567890
                    [contact_email] => [email protected]
                    [height] => 5' 1"
                    [eyes] => Brown
                    [hair_colour] => brown
                    [hair_length] => medium
                    [accents] => Native Northern, others include - Yorkshire, Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham, Cockney, RP, Welsh, Scottish, German, American
                    [training] => n/a
                    [unions] => Member of the British Academy of Composers & Songwriters
Equity & MU Member
                    [visible] => yes
                    [availability] => yes
                    [availability_number] => 9999
                    [availability_order] => 0
                    [availability_comments] => BARNEY IS THE LATEST BLUE PETER PRESENTER AND CAN BE SEEN ON AIR MONDAYS & TUESDAYS AT 4.30PM ON BBC
                    [spotlight_url] => 
                    [youtube_showreel] => 
                    [date_created] => 2011-11-02 10:44:37
                    [created_by] => 1
                )

        )

    [1] => Array
        (
            [0] => Array
                (
                    [candidate_id] => 42
                    [show_on_site] => urban talent
                    [first_name] => Simon
                    [surname] => Ainley
                    [gender] => male
                    [talent] => actor
                    [skill] => 
                    [DOB] => 1987-06-12
                    [Location] => Huddersfield
                    [contact_telephone] => 01484 532751
                    [contact_email] => [email protected]
                    [height] => 5' 1"
                    [eyes] => blue
                    [hair_colour] => brown
                    [hair_length] => short
                    [accents] => Accents
                    [training] => Training
                    [unions] => Union Membership
                    [visible] => yes
                    [availability] => yes
                    [availability_number] => 9999
                    [availability_order] => 0
                    [availability_comments] => Availability Comments
                    [spotlight_url] => http://www.google.com
                    [youtube_showreel] => http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sP4NMoJcFd4
                    [date_created] => 2011-11-08 11:28:12
                    [created_by] => 1
                )

        )

)

as you can see it is an array within an array type situation, I am trying to loop through it to pull out the first_name + surname of each entry, however I get the following error when I try to do it, 

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: Notice

Message: Undefined index: firstname

Filename: admin/candidate_list.php

Line Number: 5

I looping through it like this at the moment, 

<?php foreach ($candidates as $k => $v) : ?>
    <li><a href="<?php echo site_url(); ?>candidates/card/id/<?php echo $v['id']; ?>"><?php echo $v[0]['first_name']. " ".$v[0]['surname']; ?></a></li>

What am i doing wrong?

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What you need is nested loops. a loop inside your loop – Ibu Nov 15 '11 at 17:23
Are you sure your code is up to date? According to the error you're trying to access $v['firstname'] and not $v['first_name']. – Madara Uchiha Nov 15 '11 at 17:23
@sico87: It's hard to tell from the code you've provided. Can you show us how you define $candidates? – Francois Deschenes Nov 15 '11 at 17:24

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 <?
    for($i=0; $i=50; $i++){
    foreach ($candidates[$i] as $v){
    ?>
        <li><a href="<?php echo site_url(); ?>candidates/card/id/<?php echo $v[0]['candidate_id']; ?>"><?php echo $v[0]['first_name']. " ".$v[0]['surname']; ?></a></li>
    <?
    }
    }
?>
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$i => 0? Huh? – Marc B Nov 15 '11 at 17:54
oops, sorry lol – Liam Allan Nov 15 '11 at 18:00
$i = 50? Huh? (heehee) – Marc B Nov 15 '11 at 18:00
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Your array is too deep for that loop. I am assuming that $candidates is the name of the whole big array? You don't need each candidate in their own array, try getting your results in an array that has one less level and that foreach will work.

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What does this give you?

<?php foreach ($candidates as $k => $v) print_r($v); ?>

I don't know how $v['id'] would be defined either given that array, so there's something else you're leaving out...

And you're using site_url()... Do I smell CodeIgniter? ;)

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