PHP Flatten Array with multiple leaf nodes
- by tafaju
What is the best way to flatten an array with multiple leaf nodes so that each full path to leaf is a distinct return?
array("Object"=>array("Properties"=>array(1, 2)));
to yield
Object.Properties.1
Object.Properties.2
I'm able to flatten to Object.Properties.1 but 2 does not get processed with recursive function:
function flattenArray($prefix, $array)
{
$result = array();
foreach ($array as $key => $value)
{
if (is_array($value))
$result = array_merge($result, flattenArray($prefix . $key . '.', $value));
else
$result[$prefix . $key] = $value;
}
return $result;
}
I presume top down will not work when anticipating multiple leaf nodes, so either need some type of bottom up processing or a way to copy array for each leaf and process (althought that seems completely inefficient)
