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PHP Array of Objects acting strange in ForEach Loop

I have this code

foreach($entity->licenses as $key => $license){
		print_r($license->class_list);
		foreach($license->class_list as $key2 => $class){
			echo("<br/>" . $key2 . "<br/>");
			print_r($class);
			echo("<br/>" . $license->class_list[$key2]->class_name . "<br/>");
			echo("<hr/>");
		}
		
		die();
	}

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that is spitting out this information

Array (
[0] => classroom Object ( [id] => 3107 [teacher_id] => 2505 [class_name] => period 1 mathematics [last_modified] => [licenses] => Array ( ) [internal_school_id] => 25 [student_count:classroom:private] => 501 [teacher_name:classroom:private] => rogers, jane [teacher_username:classroom:private] => jrogers [students] => Array ( ) )

 [1] => classroom Object ( [id] => 3108 [teacher_id] => 2505 [class_name] => period 2 mathematics [last_modified] => [licenses] => Array ( ) [internal_school_id] => 29 [student_count:classroom:private] => 499 [teacher_name:classroom:private] => rogers, jane [teacher_username:classroom:private] => jrogers [students] => Array ( ) )

[2] => classroom Object ( [id] => 3109 [teacher_id] => 2506 [class_name] => period 3 math [last_modified] => [licenses] => Array ( ) [internal_school_id] => 9FFVA [student_count:classroom:private] => 500 [teacher_name:classroom:private] => beamis, tim [teacher_username:classroom:private] => tbeamis [students] => Array ( ) ) )

0
classroom Object ( [id] => 3107 [teacher_id] => 2505 [class_name] => period 1 mathematics [last_modified] => [licenses] => Array ( ) [internal_school_id] => 25 [student_count:classroom:private] => 501 [teacher_name:classroom:private] => rogers, jane [teacher_username:classroom:private] => jrogers [students] => Array ( ) )
period 1 mathematics

1
classroom Object ( [id] => 3108 [teacher_id] => 2505 [class_name] => period 2 mathematics [last_modified] => [licenses] => Array ( ) [internal_school_id] => 29 [student_count:classroom:private] => 499 [teacher_name:classroom:private] => rogers, jane [teacher_username:classroom:private] => jrogers [students] => Array ( ) )
period 2 mathematics

2
classroom Object ( [id] => 3108 [teacher_id] => 2505 [class_name] => period 2 mathematics [last_modified] => [licenses] => Array ( ) [internal_school_id] => 29 [student_count:classroom:private] => 499 [teacher_name:classroom:private] => rogers, jane [teacher_username:classroom:private] => jrogers [students] => Array ( ) )
period 2 mathematics



If you look at the first object dump it shows that there are 3 classes
Period 1 Mathematics
Period 2 Mathematics
Period 3 Math

but when I get into the second foreach loop that is iterating that class_list it is not getting to Period 3 Math, but duplication Period 2 Mathematics.

I am having one of those days where I just can't *see* what could be wrong.
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jrm213jrm213
8/22/2022 - Mon
Ray Paseur
Is there any way we could get this data set in something like XML or JSON so we could build a code sample that contained test data?
jrm213jrm213
ASKER
This is the entity object json_encoded
{"id":"1428","name":"hidden","description":"hidden","date_created":"2013-09-10 13:07:05","date_removed":null,"address":"1","licenses":[{"id":"4191","licensing_entity_id":"1428","license_count":"1500","start_date":"2012-08-01 00:00:00","end_date":"2019-07-31 23:59:59","program_id":"58","grade_level_id":"7.00","grade_level":"Course1\/Sixth Grade","book_level":"6","class_list":[{"id":"3107","teacher_id":"2505","class_name":"period 1 mathematics","last_modified":"","licenses":[],"internal_school_id":"25","students":[]},{"id":"3108","teacher_id":"2505","class_name":"period 2 mathematics","last_modified":"","licenses":[],"internal_school_id":"29","students":[]},{"id":"3109","teacher_id":"2506","class_name":"period 3 math","last_modified":"","licenses":[],"internal_school_id":"9FFVA","students":[]}],"student_list":[]}],"teachers":[],"users":[],"students":[],"access_code":null,"tickets":[],"management_version":0,"default_program":"58","classes":[],"contact_name":"<hidden>","contact_email":"<hidden>","student_list":[]}

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Ray Paseur
Thanks... Back in a moment, ~Ray
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Chris Stanyon
This works as expected for me:

$dataStr = '{"id":"1428","name":"hidden","description":"hidden","date_created":"2013-09-10 13:07:05","date_removed":null,"address":"1","licenses":[{"id":"4191","licensing_entity_id":"1428","license_count":"1500","start_date":"2012-08-01 00:00:00","end_date":"2019-07-31 23:59:59","program_id":"58","grade_level_id":"7.00","grade_level":"Course1\/Sixth Grade","book_level":"6","class_list":[{"id":"3107","teacher_id":"2505","class_name":"period 1 mathematics","last_modified":"","licenses":[],"internal_school_id":"25","students":[]},{"id":"3108","teacher_id":"2505","class_name":"period 2 mathematics","last_modified":"","licenses":[],"internal_school_id":"29","students":[]},{"id":"3109","teacher_id":"2506","class_name":"period 3 math","last_modified":"","licenses":[],"internal_school_id":"9FFVA","students":[]}],"student_list":[]}],"teachers":[],"users":[],"students":[],"access_code":null,"tickets":[],"management_version":0,"default_program":"58","classes":[],"contact_name":"<hidden>","contact_email":"<hidden>","student_list":[]}';
$entity = json_decode($dataStr); 

foreach($entity->licenses as $key => $license){
		print_r($license->class_list);
		foreach($license->class_list as $key2 => $class){
			echo("<br/>" . $key2 . "<br/>");
			print_r($class);
			echo("<br/>" . $license->class_list[$key2]->class_name . "<br/>");
			echo("<hr/>");
		}
		
		die();
	}

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That said, if you only want the class names out, then you don't need 2 loops.

This will do it:

foreach ($entity->licenses[0]->class_list as $key => $class):
	var_dump($key);
	var_dump($class->class_name);
endforeach;

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Ray Paseur
Please see: http://www.laprbass.com/RAY_temp_jrm213jrm213.php

<?php // RAY_temp_jrm213jrm213.php
error_reporting(E_ALL);
ini_set('display_errors', TRUE);
echo '<pre>';


// PROBLEM: http://www.experts-exchange.com/Web_Development/Web_Languages-Standards/PHP/Q_28293221.html#a39645672

$jso = <<<EOD
{"id":"1428","name":"hidden","description":"hidden","date_created":"2013-09-10 13:07:05","date_removed":null,"address":"1","licenses":[{"id":"4191","licensing_entity_id":"1428","license_count":"1500","start_date":"2012-08-01 00:00:00","end_date":"2019-07-31 23:59:59","program_id":"58","grade_level_id":"7.00","grade_level":"Course1\/Sixth Grade","book_level":"6","class_list":[{"id":"3107","teacher_id":"2505","class_name":"period 1 mathematics","last_modified":"","licenses":[],"internal_school_id":"25","students":[]},{"id":"3108","teacher_id":"2505","class_name":"period 2 mathematics","last_modified":"","licenses":[],"internal_school_id":"29","students":[]},{"id":"3109","teacher_id":"2506","class_name":"period 3 math","last_modified":"","licenses":[],"internal_school_id":"9FFVA","students":[]}],"student_list":[]}],"teachers":[],"users":[],"students":[],"access_code":null,"tickets":[],"management_version":0,"default_program":"58","classes":[],"contact_name":"<hidden>","contact_email":"<hidden>","student_list":[]}
EOD;

// MAKE AN OBJECT
$obj = json_decode($jso);

// ITERATE OVER THE LICENSES
foreach ($obj->licenses as $lic)
{
    // SHOW DATA FROM THE LICENSES
    $gl = $lic->grade_level;
    echo PHP_EOL . $gl;

    // ITERAATE OVER THE CLASS LISTS
    foreach ($lic->class_list as $cl)
    {
        // SHOW DATA FROM THE CLASS LISTS
        $tid = $cl->teacher_id;
        $cnm = $cl->class_name;
        echo PHP_EOL . "$tid $cnm";
    }
}
echo PHP_EOL;

// ACTIVATE THIS TO SEE THE ENTIRE OBJECT
// var_dump($obj);

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HTH, ~Ray
jrm213jrm213
ASKER
That is really bizarre that it works as expected for you and differently for me.
Actually what I need to do is have the a further loop around that like this
foreach($class_assignments as $assignment){
	foreach($entity->licenses as &$license2){
		foreach($license2->class_list as $class){
			if($class->get_internal_school_id() == $assignment->school_class_id){
				array_push($license2->student_list,$assignment);
			}
		}
	}
}

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Basically I am dealing with a large file upload that specifies an updated class roster list. But before inserting those roster assignments into the database I need to make sure the new roster list will not violate their licensing seats.

But what was happening is I was getting double the student assignments because that class "Period 2 Mathematics" ends up in the class list twice somehow once you get inside that last loop... anytime before it if I print_r it, it is correct.

I only added the $keys in later because I wanted to see it was hitting all the indexes, which it is, but the last one "Period 3 Math" isn't in the array anymore, and "Period 2 Mathematics" is in the array twice.
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Ray Paseur
What's the purpose of & $license2?  Or maybe a better question is, "What are you trying to get out of the JSON string?
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Yeah, I hate it when problems go away on their own.  Possibly something was buffered by the browser.  

This article might help shed some light on how foreach() works differently when processing arrays and objects.
https://www.experts-exchange.com/Web_Development/Web_Languages-Standards/PHP/A_12310-PHP-Variables-and-References.html
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The problem just stopped happening. I don't know what caused it.
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