Parsing Multidimensional Array in PHP

Question

Apologies if this is a duplication of another answer, I have spent a considerable amount of time looking through this and other forums without finding an explanation that makes sense to my very small brain.

I have a multi-dimensional array that I need to parse through using PHP:

Array
(
 [dataSetOut] => Array
 (
 [diffgram] => Array
 (
 [anonymous] => Array
 (
 [maindb_productionhistory] => Array
 (
 [0] => Array
 (
 [z_internal_sequence] => 1
 [z_internal_groupid] => 0
 [z_internal_colorbg] => 15461355
 [z_internal_colorfg] => 0
 [maindb_productionhistory_operation] => 0402D04
 [maindb_productionhistory_date] => 2014年02月19日T00:00:00+00:00
 [maindb_productionhistory_shift] => 1
 [maindb_productionhistory_transcode] => 33
 [maindb_productionhistory_qty] => 153
 [!diffgr:id] => maindb_productionhistory1
 [!msdata:rowOrder] => 0
 )
 [1] => Array
 (
 [z_internal_sequence] => 2
 [z_internal_groupid] => 0
 [z_internal_colorbg] => 16777215
 [z_internal_colorfg] => 0
 [maindb_productionhistory_operation] => 0402D04
 [maindb_productionhistory_date] => 2014年02月19日T00:00:00+00:00
 [maindb_productionhistory_shift] => 1
 [maindb_productionhistory_transcode] => 34
 [maindb_productionhistory_qty] => 6
 [!diffgr:id] => maindb_productionhistory2
 [!msdata:rowOrder] => 1
 )
 )
 )
 )
 )
 [errorMessage] => 
)

I am looking to output a table like:

Operation | Date | Qty

0402D04 | 2014年02月19日 | 153

0402D04 | 2014年02月19日 | 6

• Mike Brant: I think your usage of the term "parse"is incorrect here. It sounds like you are just asking how to access the data in `$array['datasetOut']['diffgram']['anonymous']['maindb_productionhistory'], right? If that is that case, what is preventing you from simply access that array at that location?

Answer 1

<table>
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Operation</th>
<th>Date</th>
<th>Qty</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<?php
foreach($array['dataSetOut']['diffgram']['anonymous']['maindb_productionhistory'] as $val){
 echo "<tr>";
 echo "<td>".$val['maindb_productionhistory_operation']."</td>";
 echo "<td>".date('Y-m-d',strtotime($val['maindb_productionhistory_date']))."</td>";
 echo "<td>".$val['maindb_productionhistory_qty']."</td>";
 echo "</tr>";
 }
?>
</tbody>
</table>

• nathanjfield: Thanks Daan! <10 minutes not bad! :)