Question

I’m getting very stuck on something that should be very easy. I am trying to parse a .BLM file using a PHP class from http://kodegeek.wordpress.com/2010/02/20/rightmove-data-parsing-php-class/

The Class works perfectly and outputs an array like this: –

Array ( [0] => Array ( [AGENT_REF] => _70 [ADDRESS_1] => 123 Main Street [POSTCODE1] => CF12 [POSTCODE2] => 4HY [FEATURE1] => Ideal Location [FEATURE2] => Only £250 per room [FEATURE3] => Three Double Bedrooms ) [2] => Array ( [AGENT_REF] => _83 [ADDRESS_1] => 45 Harriet Street [POSTCODE1] => CF24 [POSTCODE2] => 4BU [FEATURE1] => Modern [FEATURE2] => Laminate Flooring ) )

Once the array is created I want to immediately insert the array into a SQL table. Ideally this would grab the Field titles eg. [AGENT_REF] [ADDRESS_1] and create columns and insert the data as a new row per array ([0] => Array [2] => Array) etc.

I have tried something like this and a multitude of other variation and I cant seem to get it to work.

function mysql_insert_array($table, $rmdata) {
foreach ($rmdata as $field=>$value) {
 $fields[] = '`' . $field . '`';
 $values[] = "'" . $value . "'";

}
$field_list = join(',', $fields);
$value_list = join(', ', $values);



$query = "INSERT INTO testarray (" . $field_list . ") VALUES (" . $value_list . ")";

Answer 1

<?php

$rmdata = ARRAY();

$rmdata[0]['field1'] = 1;
$rmdata[0]['field2'] = 'two';
$rmdata[0]['field3'] = 3;
$rmdata[0]['field4'] = NULL;
$rmdata[0]['field5'] = 'five';
$rmdata[1] = $rmdata[2] = $rmdata[3] = $rmdata[0];

foreach ($rmdata AS $key => $dummy) {

  $fields = ARRAY();
  $values = ARRAY();

  foreach ($rmdata[$key] as $field=>$value) {
    if (!isset($value)) {
      //$value='';
      // or
      //if($field=='field4') { $value=4; }
      // or $values[] = "NULL";
    }

    if (isset($value)) {
      $fields[] = $field;
      $values[] = "'".$value."'";
    }
  }
  // if (count($fields) > 0)
  echo 'key: '.$key.'<br />';
  $sql_fields = implode(',', $fields);
  $sql_values = implode(',', $values);
  print_r($sql_fields); echo '<br />';
  print_r($sql_values); echo '<hr />';

}    

?>