Display Array Items in Another PHP page

PHP
1

Hi there,

I would like to be able to display multidimensional array items on another page.

I already have an array.php with the following, which also has the css etc.


<style type="text/css">
css for the deals is here
</style>
$deals = array(
        "Nike"=> array(
            array('productTitle' => "Nike Trainers 1",'productImage' => "deals/nike1.jpg",'productDescription' => " Fantastic Savings on Nike Trainers",'rrp' => "£69.99",'salePrice' => "£60.00"),
            array('productTitle' => "Nike Trainers 2",'productImage' => "deals/nike2.jpg",'productDescription' => " Fantastic Savings on Nike Trainers",'rrp' => "£69.99",'salePrice' => "£60.00")),

"Addidas"=> array(
            array('productTitle' => "Addidas Boots 1",'productImage' => "deals/addidas1.jpg",'productDescription' => " Fantastic Savings on Addidas Boots",'rrp' => "£69.99",'salePrice' => "£60.00"),
            array('productTitle' => "Addidas Boots 2",'productImage' => "deals/addidas2.jpg",'productDescription' => " Fantastic Savings on Addidas Boots",'rrp' => "£69.99",'salePrice' => "£60.00")),


);//close $deals array

foreach ($deals as $brand =>$items)
{
    echo "<div class=\\"header\\"><h2>$brand:</h2><br>";
    echo "<div id=\\"dealwrapper\\">";
    foreach ($deal as $items)
    {

    }
echo "</div>";
}
?>

This displays all the brands and deals on the one page. However I also have individual .php pages for both Nike and Addidas, and I would like to be able to display only the Nike items from the main array in Nike.php and Addidas items in Addidas.php??

I have tried this so far, which is probably way off the mark

PHP Code:

<?php
foreach (glob("array/*.php/{$v}") as $key => $val)

{
    echo $ key =>$val;

}
?>

Any help much appreciated.

Volterony

2

You could just have a filter and just one file.
You may have listing.php?brand=nike or listing.php (for a full listing)

<?php

$CURRENT = isset( $_GET['brand'] ) ? $_GET['brand'] : '';

$deals = array( 
    // [ ... ]
);

if( false == empty($CURRENT) && isset($deals[$CURRENT]) ) {
    $arrayToUse = array( $CURRENT => $deals[$CURRENT] );
} else {
    $arrayToUse = $deals;
}

foreach ($deals as $brand =>$items) {  
    // [ ... ]
}
?>

if you need to have two files, just make a common file, like “brands.php” that will have the brands array and include it in your other files.
I don’t get the point, what’s with that glob? :slight_smile:

3

What if I were to include the array.php in both the nike.php and addidas.php, which will obviously display the products from both brands. However what would I need to write in say the Nike.php to just display the items from the included array.php?

Cheers

4

This seems like information that should be stored in a db and then retrieved when needed…

5

True!

Let’s say, nike.php

<?php

    require 'common_brands.php';
    // now we have $deals

    echo "<div class=\\"header\\"><h2>Nike</h2><br>";  
    echo "<div id=\\"dealwrapper\\">";
    foreach ($deals['Nike'] as $items) {
        echo 'Whatever you need '.$items['productTitle'];
    }  
    echo "</div>";

?>
6

Why not this:


tbl_products
--------
id
product_name
product_brand
product_type
rest of your product information...



$db = new PDO('mysql:host=127.0.0.1;dbname=mydb', 'username', 'pass');
$statement = $db->prepare("select * from tbl_products where product_brand = 'Nike'");
$statement->execute();
$result = $statement->fetchAll();

foreach($result as $product) {
  echo $product['product_name'] . "</br>";
}

Then you can start getting into re-usable classes where common statements are already written and it becomes something like this, with less code to change when you alter your designs:


//define your products class, which will extend your db connection class
$result = new products(array('brand' => 'Nike'));

foreach($result as $product) {
  echo $product['product_name'] . "</br>";
}