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I want to apologize in advanced if this was already asked, I'm not exactly sure what this would be called.

I'm storing data from a form into a MongoDB database and I'd like to create defined key-value pairs to make sorting easier.

Using this code I am able to do this with a one-dimensional array, but it does not work with multidimensional arrays:

/* $array = The array */
$new_array = array();

foreach ($array as $key => $value) {
    array_push($new_array, array(
        'name' => $key,
        'value' => $value
    ));
}

Example:

Input array:

Array
(
    [email] => [email protected]
    [name] => John
    [sports] => Array
        (
            [outdoor] => Array
                (
                    [0] => Football
                    [1] => Baseball
                )

            [indoor] => Array
                (
                    [0] => Basketball
                    [1] => Hockey
                )
        )
)

Output array:

Array
(
    [0] => Array
        (
            [name] => email
            [value] => [email protected]
        )

    [1] => Array
        (
            [name] => name
            [value] => John
        )

    [2] => Array
        (
            [name] => sports
            [value] => Array
                (
                    [outdoor] => Array
                        (
                            [0] => Football
                            [1] => Baseball
                        )

                    [indoor] => Array
                        (
                            [0] => Basketball
                            [1] => Hockey
                        )
                )
        )
)

Notice how it stops at the sports value array and does not change the array within it. How can I continue this pattern throughout all the arrays within it?

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This isn't a code-writing service, you have to give it a try yourself and post your code. –  Barmar May 25 at 20:25
 
@Barmar Sure. Right now I'm able to do this with a one-dimensional array. I will post the code in a minute. –  Coolist May 25 at 20:27
 
you mean like json_decode($array,true)? –  Dave Chen May 25 at 20:28
 
@Dave Chen That is what my input is array is. I now need to convert that to the above example. –  Coolist May 25 at 20:39
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Provide the example of multidimensional array and the result that you with you get –  claustrofob May 25 at 20:50
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2 Answers

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You can use recursion: 

function keyValue($array){
  $new_array = array();

  foreach ($array as $key => $value) {
      array_push($new_array, array(
          'name' => $key,
          'value' => is_array($value) ? keyValue($value) : $value
      ));
  }

  return $new_array;
}
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This almost works as desired, however the last array in the "tree" (the deepest) should just be Array([name] => outdoor [value] => Array([0] => Football [1] => Baseball)). I will just check to see if here is an array in the array, and will stop if there isn't. Thanks! –  Coolist May 25 at 21:53
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Try this on for size:

$array = array(
    'email' => '[email protected]',
    'name' => 'John',
    'sport' => array('Soccor', 'Hockey')
);

$func = function($value, $key) {

     $return = array();
     $return['name'] = $key;
     $return['value'] = $value;


    return $return;
};

$parsed = array_map($func, $array, array_keys($array));

For me, this returned:

   array(3) {
  [0]=>
  array(2) {
    ["name"]=>
    string(5) "email"
    ["value"]=>
    string(14) "[email protected]"
  }
  [1]=>
  array(2) {
    ["name"]=>
    string(4) "name"
    ["value"]=>
    string(4) "John"
  }
  [2]=>
  array(2) {
    ["name"]=>
    string(5) "sport"
    ["value"]=>
    array(2) {
      ["outdoor"]=>
      array(2) {
        [0]=>
        string(8) "Football"
        [1]=>
        string(8) "Baseball"
      }
      ["indoor"]=>
      array(2) {
        [0]=>
        string(10) "Basketball"
        [1]=>
        string(6) "Hockey"
      }
    }
  }
}
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Thanks! This works as well but, like my first example, doesn't work recursively. –  Coolist May 25 at 21:55

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