Question

I have an array of object

([date]=>2012-01-09, [count]=>5),
([date]=>2012-01-11, [count]=>7),
([date]=>2012-01-12, [count]=>5)

What is the best way to convert the array to array object or array

([date]=>2012-01-08, [count]=>0),
([date]=>2012-01-09, [count]=>5),
([date]=>2012-01-10, [count]=>0),
([date]=>2012-01-11, [count]=>7),
([date]=>2012-01-12, [count]=>5),
([date]=>2012-01-13, [count]=>0),
([date]=>2012-01-14, [count]=>0)

assume given the startdate 2012-01-08 and enddate 2012-01-14

Answer 1

1. generate date from startdate to enddate
2. create an empty associative array to store your datewise data.
3. traverse all the dates generated in #1 one by one
4. if the count for current date exists in initial array, store that in array created in #2, else store count as 0, with array key being (string) $currentDate
5. the array of step#2 will now have the required data.

Convert this into PHP code 🙂