Question

I have the following code

$getchats = $api->call("getLatestChats");
echo '<pre>';
print_r(array_values($getchats));
echo '</pre>';

which gives me the following results..

Array
(
[0] => success
[1] => getLatestChats
[2] => Array
    (
        [0] => Array
            (
                [message] => type /ch g
                [time] => 1311806596
                [player] => mattsnod
            )

        [1] => Array
            (
                [message] => im good
                [time] => 1311806601
                [player] => lueroi01
            )

        [2] => Array
            (
                [message] => im good
                [time] => 1311806606
                [player] => lueroi01
            )

I know I can use

print_r(var_dump($getchats));

to get it into a PHP array, but im having trouble figuring out how to work with this data better.

in the php array, its like this

array(3) {
  ["result"]=>
  string(7) "success"
  ["source"]=>
  string(14) "getLatestChats"
  ["success"]=>
  array(50) {
[0]=>
array(3) {
  ["message"]=>
  string(4) "yes?"
  ["time"]=>
  int(1311806791)
  ["player"]=>
  string(8) "mattsnod"
}
[1]=>
array(3) {
  ["message"]=>
  string(10) "um hold on"
  ["time"]=>
  int(1311806796)
  ["player"]=>
  string(8) "mattsnod"
}

This is a very general question, but how could I use a foreach or while to work with this data as Im not having much luck. Im sure Im overlooking something, but my head is hurting now. Ive been googling and reading all morning.

after some more playing, this is close to what im wanting..

foreach($getchats as $chat_on=>$data){
//echo "<b>$chat_on</b><br>";
foreach($data as $key=>$value){
    //echo "$key - $value<br>";
    foreach($value as $key2=>$value2){
        echo "$key2 - $value2<br>";

    }
}
}

now to figure out how to manipulate these individually or call as $key2[message] so that i can convert the time stamp and format differently.

message – rlly?
time – 1311809089
player – m0terb0nd

Ultimately, this accomplished what I wanted..

foreach($getchats as $chat_on=>$data){
    foreach($data as $key=>$value){
            $date = date("h:i a", $value['time']);
            echo "($date) $value[player]: $value[message]<BR><BR>";
    }
}

Answer 1

foreach($getchats->success as $chat) {
   echo $chat['message'] . "<br>";
   echo $chat['time'] . "<br>";
   echo $chat['player'] . "<br>";    
}

Some reference on foreach can be found here – http://www.php.net/manual/en/control-structures.foreach.php