How to “flatten” a multi-dimensional array to simple one in PHP?

Question

It\'s probably beginner question but I\'m going through documentation for longer time already and I can\'t find any solution. I thought I could use implode for each dimensio

Answer 1

If you're interested in just the values for one particular key, you might find this approach useful:

function valuelist($array, $array_column) {
    $return = array();
    foreach($array AS $row){
        $return[]=$row[$array_column];
    };
    return $return;
};

Example:

Given $get_role_action=

array(3) {
  [0]=>
  array(2) {
    ["ACTION_CD"]=>
    string(12) "ADD_DOCUMENT"
    ["ACTION_REASON"]=>
    NULL
  }
  [1]=>
  array(2) {
    ["ACTION_CD"]=>
    string(13) "LINK_DOCUMENT"
    ["ACTION_REASON"]=>
    NULL
  }
  [2]=>
  array(2) {
    ["ACTION_CD"]=>
    string(15) "UNLINK_DOCUMENT"
    ["ACTION_REASON"]=>
    NULL
  }
}

than $variables['role_action_list']=valuelist($get_role_action, 'ACTION_CD'); would result in:

$variables["role_action_list"]=>
  array(3) {
    [0]=>
    string(12) "ADD_DOCUMENT"
    [1]=>
    string(13) "LINK_DOCUMENT"
    [2]=>
    string(15) "UNLINK_DOCUMENT"
  }

From there you can perform value look-ups like so:

if( in_array('ADD_DOCUMENT', $variables['role_action_list']) ){
    //do something
};