Question

I have this array, and I’ve tried to return it like the same way before.

Example:

        $this->permission_array = array(
                                    'orders'                => 1,
                                    'orders_Status'         => 0,
                                    'schools'               => 0,
                                    'accommodation'         => 0,
                                    'users'                 => 1,
                                    'news'                  => 0,
                                    'blocks'                => 1,
                                    'settings'              => 0,
                                    'videos'                => 1,
                                    );

after implode it and insert to to database it became like this.

USER_ID     USER_NAME           USER_PERMISSION
---------------------------------------------------
  1302       Othman             1,0,0,0,1,0,1,0,1

and now if I used explode it return as an array but the keys are not the same. how I can transfer these values to the same array not like this array:

[0] => 1
[1] => 0
[2] => 0
[3] => 0
[4] => 1
[5] => 0
[6] => 1
[7] => 0
[8] => 1  

Is there anyway to change the last array to the first array again? Thank’s in advance.

My Desision is to change the database field and create a new table. Thank you guys

Answer 1

Create a table of user_permissions:

permission_id    permission_name

Then create a table of users_2_permissions

user_id          permission_id

When you want to restore the array, you’ll do a JOIN on users, users_2_permissions and user_permissions.