Converting a flat array to a nested array
I am trying to convert a flat array to a nested array depending on the 'level' data of each array item. 'level' data shows us if current array item is a child, a parent or a sibling.
Here is the flat array:
$flatArray = array(
array('title'=>'Page 1', 'level'=>0),
array('title'=>'Page 2', 'level'=>0),
array('title'=>'Page 3', 'level'=>1),
array('title'=>'Page 4', 'level'=>1),
array('title'=>'Page 5', 'level'=>2),
array('title'=>'Page 6', 'level'=>0),
array('title'=>'Page 7', 'level'=>1),
array('title'=>'Page 8', 'level'=>0)
);
And here is the expected result:
$nestedArray = array(
array('title'=>'Page 1', 'children'=>array()),
array('title'=>'Page 2', 'children'=>array(
array('title'=>'Pag开发者_JAVA百科e 3', 'children'=>array()),
array('title'=>'Page 4', 'children'=>array(
array('title'=>'Page 5', 'children'=>array())
)),
)),
array('title'=>'Page 6', 'children'=>array(
array('title'=>'Page 7', 'children'=>array())
)),
array('title'=>'Page 8', 'children'=>array()),
);
I tried using references with array indexes but that didn't work.
Does this help? I think it does the right thing...maybe :D Sorry if it doesn't.
$nestedArray = array();
foreach ($flatArray as $key => $value) {
$current = &$nestedArray;
$level = $value['level'];
while ($level > 0) {
$last = &$current[count($current) - 1];
$current = &$last['children'];
--$level;
}
$current[] = array('title' => $value['title'], 'children' => array());
}
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