Build "grouped" array from DB results

What have you got in $sql?

it doesn't matter, Ray, as I'm showing the results.

Yes, it does matter since the query can be used to build a sensible results set.  I kind of think I know what I'm asking for here :-)

Please post the query in $sql

Please add echo '<pre>';var_dump($results); after line 1 and post the output in the code snippet.

I think these comments interpret the data as I understand it now.  If this doesn't make sense, please help me get to the right structure.

<?php // RAY_temp_eddieshipman.php
error_reporting(E_ALL);

/** http://www.experts-exchange.com/Web_Development/Web_Languages-Standards/PHP/Q_28297469.html#a39657780
 * "ProgramGroup","ProgramTitle","CourseDesc","CourseCode","CourseTtle"
 * "A",           "A Title",     "Z Title",   "Z",         "Z Desc"
 * "A",           "A Title",     "Y Title",   "Y",         "Y Desc"
 * "B",           "B Title",     "X Title",   "X",         "X desc"
 * "B",           "B Title",     "V Title",   "V",         "V desc"
 * "C",           "C Title",     "U Title",   "U",         "U desc"
 * "C",           "C Title",     "T Title",   "T",         "T desc"
 * "D",           "D Title",     "S Title",   "S",         "S desc"
 * "D",           "D Title",     "R Title",   "R",         "R desc"
 * "D",           "D Title",     "Q Title",   "Q",         "Q desc"
 *
 * [{"group":"A","title":"","desc":"A Title","programs":[{"code":"Z","title":"Z Title","desc":"Z Desc"},{"code":"Y","title":"Y Title","desc":"Y Desc"}]},
 * {"group":"B","title":"","desc":"B Title","programs":[{"code":"X","title":"X Title","desc":"X Desc"},{"code":"V","title":"W Title","desc":"W Desc"}]},
 * {"group":"C","title":"","desc":"C Title","programs":[{"code":"U","title":"U Title","desc":"U Desc"},{"code":"T","title":"T Title","desc":"T Desc"}]},
 * {"group":"D","title":"","desc":"D Title","programs":[{"code":"S","title":"S Title","desc":"S Desc"},{"code":"R","title":"R Title","desc":"R Desc"},{"code":"Q","title":"Q Title","desc":"Q Desc"}]}]
 */

/** LOOKS LIKE THESE ARE THE VARS IN EACH OBJECT
 * {"group":ProgramGroup, "title":NULL, "desc":ProgramTitle, "programs": array
 *   ( { "code":CourseCode, "title":CourseDesc, "desc":CourseTtle }
 *   , { "code":CourseCode, "title":CourseDesc, "desc":CourseTtle }
 *   , ...etc...
 *   )
 * }
 *
 * JSON OBJECTS ARE DELIMITED WITH {} AND ARRAYS WITH []
 */

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Standing by, ~Ray

I don't expect you to know what these fields are in the ExpressionEngine tables but this is how we have our channels setup. This is the sql run in the query() call:

SELECT d2.field_id_12 as ProgramGroup, 
       d2.field_id_23 as ProgramTitle, 
       TRIM(t.title) as CourseDesc, 
       TRIM(d.field_id_14) as CourseCode, 
       TRIM(t.url_title) as CourseTitle
FROM channel_data d
JOIN channel_titles t ON d.entry_id = t.entry_id
JOIN relationships r on r.parent_id = d.entry_id
JOIN channel_data d2 ON d2.entry_id = r.child_id
WHERE d.field_id_14 != '' 
GROUP BY ProgramGroup, CourseCode

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Put vardump($results) after getting the results and then also for each row in the foreach.
output is here: http://www.scic.com/files/eddie/results.txt
It contains actual data.

BTW...
"LOOKS LIKE THESE ARE THE VARS IN EACH OBJECT"
Yes your assumptions about the output are correct.

"JSON OBJECTS ARE DELIMITED WITH {} AND ARRAYS WITH []"

Yes, the desired output would be json_encoded().

Yeah, it looks like there will be some programming needed to transform the results set into the object / array elements that can be used with JSON_Encode() to produce the outputs.  I don't recognize the format of the scic.com data as PHP var_dump() output, but I can probably still work with it.

It is ExpressionEngine result set objects that were being dumped. Thanks.

OK, thanks.  I was looking for var_dump($results) so I could see the entire data construct.  I'll see what I can do with the information I have, but if you can help by giving me what I asked for it would probably lead to a faster and more accurate answer.

It is the first section in the text file at the link I posted.

I know you honestly think your posts are "good enough" to respond to my requests for assistance, but there is a great precision needed to be successful in computer science.  Experienced programmers understand and expect a "signature" output from var_dump(), which is a built-in PHP function with a predictable and consistently formatted output.  Part of the reason we want to see these predictable outputs is because we know what to do with the data.   I'll look at this again tomorrow as time permits.  If you can help speed this along by posting the information I asked for it will help me to help you.

Please read the man page at var_dump() and see if you can use the function to produce the output we need to move forward, thanks.

Ray, I'm not trying to be misleading at all. I understand the "precision" needed here and honestly, that it just the copied output that is showing in all my browsers when I view source with the results showing.

This was the code that produced the output in the text file, I believe it must have something to do with my PHP version because it looks the same in 3 different browsers.

$results = $this->EE->db->query($sql);
$program_group = "";
echo "Results:<br />";
var_dump($results);
if($results->num_rows() > 0) {
    foreach($results->result_array() as $row) {
echo "<br /><br />Results:<br />";
var_dump($row);
        if($program_group != $row["ProgramGroup"]) {
            $content["group"] = $row["ProgramGroup"];
            $content["title"] = "";
            $content["desc"]  = $row["ProgramTitle"];
            $program_group    = $row["ProgramGroup"];
        } else {                
            $content[$row["ProgramGroup"]]["programs"]["code"]  = $row["CourseCode"];
            $content[$row["ProgramGroup"]]["programs"]["title"] = $row["CourseTtle"];
            $content[$row["ProgramGroup"]]["programs"]["desc"]  = $row["CourseDesc"];
        }
    }
}

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Here's a screenshot of the outpiut:
So, I modified it to this and the results.text file has been updated with this output.
I only included 25 rows in the new output because I think it should be enough. If you want more, let me know.

$results = $this->EE->db->query($sql);
$program_group = "";
echo "Results:<br />";
print_r($results);
if($results->num_rows() > 0) {
    foreach($results->result_array() as $row) {
echo "<br /><br />Results:<br />";
print_r($row);
        if($program_group != $row["ProgramGroup"]) {
            $content["group"] = $row["ProgramGroup"];
            $content["title"] = "";
            $content["desc"]  = $row["ProgramTitle"];
            $program_group    = $row["ProgramGroup"];
        } else {                
            $content[$row["ProgramGroup"]]["programs"]["code"]  = $row["CourseCode"];
            $content[$row["ProgramGroup"]]["programs"]["title"] = $row["CourseTtle"];
            $content[$row["ProgramGroup"]]["programs"]["desc"]  = $row["CourseDesc"];
        }
    }
}

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hi..
I solved this by comparing an imploded string from the arrays with GROUP_CONCAT on the table. Since you can't normally use GROUP_CONCAT in the WHERE clause I had to do a workaround with the FROM clause.

<?php
    $s = '';
    foreach($updated as $u){
        $s .= $u['pId'] . $u['name'] . 'updated,';
    }
    foreach($deleted as $d){
        $s .= $d['pId'] . $d['name'] . 'deleted,';
    }
    foreach($added as $a){
        $s .= $a['pId'] . $a['name'] . 'added,';
    }

    //remove last comma
    $s = rtrim($s, ',');

    $stmt = $mysqli -> prepare("
    SELECT
        relationId
        FROM (
            SELECT
                relationId,
                GROUP_CONCAT(pId, name, changeType ORDER BY changeType DESC, id ASC) AS personConcat
            FROM
                persons
            GROUP BY relationId
        ) x
        WHERE personConcat = ?
    ");

    $stmt -> bind_param('s', $s);
    $stmt -> execute();
?>

Samir,
I think you posted an answer to the wrong question.

Could not test this but this is my idea -

$program_group = "";
$cntNum = 0;
$prmNum=1;
if($results->num_rows() > 0) {
    foreach($results->result_array() as $row) {
        if($program_group != $row["ProgramGroup"]) {
            $content[$cntNum++] =array("group"=>$row["ProgramGroup"],
            "title" => '','desc' => $row["ProgramTitle"],
            "programs"=>array(array("code" => $row["CourseCode"],"title" => $row["CourseTtle"],"desc" => $row["CourseDesc"])));
            $program_group    = $row["ProgramGroup"];
            $prmNum=1;
        } else {
       $content[$cntNum]["programs"][$prmNum++]=array("code" => $row["CourseCode"],"title" => $row["CourseTtle"],"desc" => $row["CourseDesc"]);
        }
    }
}

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the $content array should have something like
$content[0]["group"]
$content[0]['desc']
$content[0]["programs"][0]["code"]
$content[0]["programs"][0]["title"]

Oh, BTW, to get the correct results using the code in my last comment we modified the SQL a little:

SELECT d2.field_id_12 as ProgramGroup, 
       d2.field_id_23 as ProgramTitle, 
       TRIM(t.title) as CourseDesc, 
       TRIM(d.field_id_14) as CourseCode, 
       TRIM(t.url_title) as CourseTitle
FROM exp_channel_data d
JOIN exp_channel_titles t ON d.entry_id = t.entry_id
JOIN exp_relationships r on r.parent_id = d.entry_id
JOIN exp_channel_data d2 ON d2.entry_id = r.child_id
WHERE d.field_id_14 != '' 
GROUP BY ProgramGroup, CourseCode 
ORDER BY ProgramGroup, CourseCode

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I don't think this programming will produce the JSON string posted in the second code snippet of the original question.  The original JSON string was built up from arrays of objects.  You can test this by using var_dump() to print out the resulting JSON strings, and compare them to each other.  For better or worse, PHP uses different syntax to iterate over arrays and objects; these are unlike data types.

But if you're happy with it, you can close the question by accepting your own answer.  If I get some free time tomorrow I can look at it again, but I just got busied out by paying customers today.  I guess that's a good problem!

Best regards, ~Ray

Self answered.