Question

How do I properly group an array: (end result)

Array
(
    [0] => Array
        (
            [Player] => CaLvErT
            [0] => Array
                (
                    [SnapTime] => 1330028992
                    [PlayCount] => 9
                )
        )
    [1] => Array
        (
            [Player] => CaLvErT
            [0] => Array
                (
                    [SnapTime] => 1330202828
                    [PlayCount] => 8
                )
        )
)

My mySQL/PHP goes with what I tried:

        $iTestGrid = array();
        $ChartSQL = "SELECT player,snap,count(*) AS pCnt";
        $ChartSQL .= " FROM sc".$DBSvr;
        $ChartSQL .= " WHERE hex(alliance) IN (hex('Twitch'))";
        $ChartSQL .= " GROUP BY player,snap";
        $ChartSQL .= " ORDER BY player ASC,snap ASC";
        $FinalResult = $db-> query($ChartSQL);
        while ($FinalRow = $db-> fetch_assoc($FinalResult)){
           $iTestGrid[] = array(
            'Player' => $FinalRow['player'],
            array(
                'SnapTime' => (int)$FinalRow['snap'],
                'PlayCount' => (int)$FinalRow['pCnt']
            )
           );
        }

Basically wanted to know how to group a player, that has the same name.

Thanks in advance for your help! (Forgive me for I’m not keen on understanding fully how arrays work, been thru bookstore all day/night and still get parts of it, not a whole lot)

Answer 1

You want something like that if I understand correctly.
You can use the player name as key for grouping, and push playcount/timestamp values into the same array.

<?php 
    $iTestGrid = array();
    $ChartSQL = "SELECT player,snap,count(*) AS pCnt";
    $ChartSQL .= " FROM sc".$DBSvr;
    $ChartSQL .= " WHERE hex(alliance) IN (hex('Twitch'))";
    $ChartSQL .= " GROUP BY player,snap";
    $ChartSQL .= " ORDER BY player ASC,snap ASC";
    $FinalResult = $db-> query($ChartSQL);

    while ($FinalRow = $db-> fetch_assoc($FinalResult)){

        if(!isset($iTestGrid[$FinalRow['player']]))
            $iTestGrid[$FinalRow['player']] = array();

        $iTestGrid[$FinalRow['player']][] = 
        array(
            'SnapTime' => (int)$FinalRow['snap'],
            'PlayCount' => (int)$FinalRow['pCnt']
        );
    }

    var_dump($iTestGrid);