PHP arrays. There must be a simpler method to do this
- by RisingSun
I have this array in php returned from db
Array
(
    [inv_templates] = Array
        (
            [0] = Array
                (
                    [inven_subgroup_template_id] = 1
                    [inven_group] = Wires
                    [inven_subgroup] = CopperWires
                    [inven_template_id] = 1
                    [inven_template_name] = CopperWires6G
                    [constrained] = 0
                    [value_constraints] = 
                    [accept_range] = 2 - 16
                    [information] = Measured Manual
                )
            [1] = Array
                (
                    [inven_subgroup_template_id] = 1
                    [inven_group] = Wires
                    [inven_subgroup] = CopperWires
                    [inven_template_id] = 2
                    [inven_template_name] = CopperWires2G
                    [constrained] = 0
                    [value_constraints] = 
                    [accept_range] = 1 - 7
                    [information] = Measured by Automated Calipers
                )
        )
)
I need to output this kind of multidimensional stuff
Array
(
    [Wires] = Array
        (
            [inv_group_name] = Wires
            [inv_subgroups] = Array
                (
                    [CopperWires] = Array
                        (
                            [inv_subgroup_id] = 1
                            [inv_subgroup_name] = CopperWires
                            [inv_templates] = Array
                                (
                                    [CopperWires6G] = Array
                                        (
                                            [inv_name] = CopperWires6G
                                            [inv_id] = 1
                                        )
                                    [CopperWires2G] = Array
                                        (
                                            [inv_name] = CopperWires2G
                                            [inv_id] = 2
                                        )
                                )
                        )
                )
        )
)
I currently do this stuff
foreach ($data['inv_templates'] as $key = $value) {
        $processeddata[$value['inven_group']]['inv_group_name'] = $value['inven_group'];
        $processeddata[$value['inven_group']]['inv_subgroups'][$value['inven_subgroup']]['inv_subgroup_id'] = $value['inven_subgroup_template_id'];
        $processeddata[$value['inven_group']]['inv_subgroups'][$value['inven_subgroup']]['inv_subgroup_name'] = $value['inven_subgroup'];
        $processeddata[$value['inven_group']]['inv_subgroups'][$value['inven_subgroup']]['inv_templates'][$value['inven_template_name']]['inv_name'] =  $value['inven_template_name'];
        $processeddata[$value['inven_group']]['inv_subgroups'][$value['inven_subgroup']]['inv_templates'][$value['inven_template_name']]['inv_id'] =  $value['inven_template_id'];
    }
    return $processeddata;
EDIT : A var_export
array (
  'inv_templates' = 
  array (
    0 = 
    array (
      'inven_subgroup_template_id' = '1',
      'inven_group' = 'Wires',
      'inven_subgroup' = 'CopperWires',
      'inven_template_id' = '1',
      'inven_template_name' = 'CopperWires6G',
      'constrained' = '0',
      'value_constraints' = '',
      'accept_range' = '2 - 16',
      'information' = 'Measured Manual',
    ),
    1 = 
    array (
      'inven_subgroup_template_id' = '1',
      'inven_group' = 'Wires',
      'inven_subgroup' = 'CopperWires',
      'inven_template_id' = '2',
      'inven_template_name' = 'CopperWires6G',
      'constrained' = '0',
      'value_constraints' = '',
      'accept_range' = '1 - 7',
      'information' = 'Measured by Automated Calipers',
    ),
  ),
)
The foreach is almost unreadable. There must be a simpler way