Two arrays in foreach loop

Question

I want to generate a selectbox using two arrays, one containing the country codes and another containing the country names.

This is an example:

Answer 1

You can use array_merge to combine two arrays and then iterate over them.

$array1 = array("foo" => "bar");
$array2 = array("hello" => "world");
$both_arrays = array_merge((array)$array1, (array)$array2);
print_r($both_arrays);

Answer 2

Few arrays can also be iterated like this:

foreach($array1 as $key=>$val){ // Loop though one array
    $val2 = $array2[$key]; // Get the values from the other arrays
    $val3 = $array3[$key];
    $result[] = array( //Save result in third array
      'id' => $val,
      'quant' => $val2,
      'name' => $val3,
    );
  }

Answer 3

Use an associative array:

$code_names = array(
                    'tn' => 'Tunisia',
                    'us' => 'United States',
                    'fr' => 'France');

foreach($code_names as $code => $name) {
   //...
}

I believe that using an associative array is the most sensible approach as opposed to using array_combine() because once you have an associative array, you can simply use array_keys() or array_values() to get exactly the same array you had before.

Answer 4

I think the simplest way is just to use the for loop this way:

$codes = array('tn','us','fr');
$names = array('Tunisia','United States','France');

for($i = 0; $i < sizeof($codes); $i++){
    echo '<option value="' . $codes[$i] . '">' . $names[$i] . '</option>';
}

Answer 5

array_combine() worked great for me while combining $_POST multiple values from multiple form inputs in an attempt to update products quantities in a shopping cart.

Answer 6

Instead of foreach loop, try this (only when your arrays have same length).

$number = COUNT($_POST["codes "]);//count how many arrays available
if($number > 0)  
{  
  for($i=0; $i<$number; $i++)//loop thru each arrays
  {
    $codes =$_POST['codes'][$i];
    $names =$_POST['names'][$i];
    //ur code in here
  }
}