Remove all array elements except what I want?

Question

I have controller that takes post parameters from HTML form, it will then send them to model that will insert the array into Cassandra database.

It is SQLInjection proof

Answer 1

What about multidimensional array? I was researched for a couple of hours for this solution, nowhere found an optimal solution. so, i wrote it by myself

function allow_keys($arr, $keys)
    {
        $saved = [];

        foreach ($keys as $key => $value) {
            if (is_int($key) || is_int($value)) {
                $keysKey = $value;
            } else {
                $keysKey = $key;
            }
            if (isset($arr[$keysKey])) {

                $saved[$keysKey] = $arr[$keysKey];
                if (is_array($value)) {

                    $saved[$keysKey] = allow_keys($saved[$keysKey], $keys[$keysKey]);
                }
            }
        }
        return $saved;
    }

use: example

$array = [
        'key1' => 'kw',
        'loaa'=> ['looo'],
        'k'    => [
            'prope' => [
                'prop'  => ['proo', 'prot', 'loolooo', 'de'],
                'prop2' => ['hun' => 'lu'],
            ],
            'prop1' => [

            ],
        ],
    ];

call: example

allow_keys($array, ['key1', 'k' => ['prope' => ['prop' => [0, 1], 'prop2']]])

output:

Array ( [key1] => kw [k] => Array ( [prope] => Array ( [prop] => Array ( [0] => proo [1] => prot ) [prop2] => Array ( [hun] => lu ) ) ) ) 

so you get only needed keys from the multidimensional array. it is not limited only for "multidimensional", you can use it by passing an array like

['key1', 'loaa']

output you get:

Array ( [key1] => kw [loaa] => Array ( [0] => looo ) )

cheers!