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I have a piece of code that loops and displays values for job vacancies:

<?php foreach($arrXML as $inner_arr)
foreach($inner_arr as $value) { ?>
        <p>Job Ref: <?php echo $value['jobref']; ?></p>
        <p>Date: <?php echo $value['date']; ?></p>
        <p>Title: <?php echo $value['title']; ?></p>
        <p>Company: <?php echo $value['company']; ?></p>
        <p>Minimum Salary: <?php echo $value['salarymin']; ?></p>
        <p>Maximum Salary: <?php echo $value['salarymax']; ?></p>
        <p>Benefits: <?php echo $value['benefits']; ?></p>
        <p>Salary: <?php echo $value['salary']; ?></p>
        <p>Job Type: <?php echo $value['jobtype']; ?></p>
        <p>Location: <?php echo $value['location']; ?></p>
        <p>Country: <?php echo $value['country']; ?></p>
        <p>Description: <?php echo $value['description']; ?></p>
        <p>Category: <?php echo $value['category']; ?></p>
        <?php } ?>

This works great except with some results, the value for Benefits, Salary, Minimum Salary and Maximum Salary maximum return as 'array'.

Is there a way of showing the value if it isn't an array and the array values if it is?

Many thanks

Pete

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You are actually doing the same thing already, including one foreach into another. Why not to just follow the pattern? –  Your Common Sense May 21 '13 at 9:29
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@YourCommonSense: I think the issue here is that OP didn't know how to handle the 'can be value, can be array' variable. Though this has already been covered with is_array(). –  Aquillo May 21 '13 at 9:31

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if (is_array($value['benefits'])) echo "<p>Benefits: ".implode(",",$value['benefits'])."</p>";
else echo "<p>Benefits: ".$value['benefits']."</p>";

function is_array() explains itself, implode(c,a) does convert an array into a string and puts the character c between all values of the array. if the array will contain only 1 value, the character c will be omitted.

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+1, but please explain at OP why this works and what was the error :) –  DonCallisto May 21 '13 at 9:28

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