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Splitting an array and creating custom string

Hi,

I have an array like below:

$name=
Array ( [0] => Array ( [0] => mon_shift [1] => tue_shift [2] => wed_shift [3] => thu_shift [4] => fri_shift [5] => sat_shift [6] => sun_shift ) 
[1] => Array ( [0] => mon_proj [1] => tue_proj [2] => wed_proj [3] => thu_proj [4] => fri_proj [5] => sat_proj [6] => sun_proj ) 
[2] => Array ( [0] => mon_hour [1] => tue_hour [2] => wed_hour [3] => thu_hour [4] => fri_hour [5] => sat_hour [6] => sun_hour ) )

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I want to get a string in below format:

mon_shift,mon_proj,mon_hour,tue_shift,tue_proj,tue_hour,wed_shift,wed_proj,wed_hour,thu_shift,thu_proj,thu_hour,fri_shift,fri_proj,fri_hour,sat_shift,sat_proj,sat_hour,sun_shift,sun_proj,sun_hour

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When I use foreach($name as $value) i get the below output:

mon_shift,tue_shift,wed_shift,thu_shift,fri_shift,sat_shift,sun_shift,mon_proj,tue_proj,wed_proj,thu_proj,fri_proj,sat_proj,sun_proj,mon_hour,tue_hour,wed_hour,thu_hour,fri_hour,sat_hour,sun_hour

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Kindly let me know how can I achieve my requirement.

Thanks in advance.

Ray Paseur

It looks like what you want is a matrix transformation followed by implode(). I'll try to give you a code sample in a moment.

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Vipin Kumar

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@Ray... Thanks a lot it worked perfectly fine for me.

Member_2_248744

greetings leovipin2, , In your FOREACH string output, you do not try to reorder the 7 days list in each sub array. For me the best way to do this, is to use a string "Section" build for each collection of shift, project, and hour by days. I make an array with seven "Day" strings, for monday through sunday. In my FOREACH I place the several day strings in the sub array Into the correct day "section of my $days array. Then I have to join the $days string together.

See if this code can help you to see a way to use the FOREACH .
I copied your desired output string below my output and they seem to match.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang=en><head>
<title>Multi arrays to Ordered string</title>
</head>
<body>
<h3>Multi arrays to Ordered string</h3>
<?php
error_reporting(E_ALL);

$mutiAry = array(
  array('mon_shift','tue_shift','wed_shift','thu_shift','fri_shift','sat_shift','sun_shift'),
  array('mon_proj', 'tue_proj','wed_proj', 'thu_proj', 'fri_proj', 'sat_proj', 'sun_proj'),
  array('mon_hour', 'tue_hour','wed_hour', 'thu_hour', 'fri_hour', 'sat_hour', 'sun_hour')
);

$days = array('','','','','','','');
foreach ($mutiAry as $ary) {
for ($i = 0; $i < count($ary); ++$i) {
	$days[$i] .= $ary[$i].',';
    }
  } // end of FOREACH
	  
$str1 = implode('', $days);
$str1 = substr($str1,0,-1);
echo 'Here is the comma delimited DAYS string -<br />',$str1,'<br />
mon_shift,mon_proj,mon_hour,tue_shift,tue_proj,tue_hour,wed_shift,wed_proj,wed_hour,thu_shift,thu_proj,thu_hour,fri_shift,fri_proj,fri_hour,sat_shift,sat_proj,sat_hour,sun_shift,sun_proj,sun_hour';
 ?>

</body>
</html>

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Member_2_248744

Sorry I was eatin lunch, while trying to code, I did not know it was accepted answer, happened while I was eatin.