Given a multiple nested loop array,loop through the array to get and display each key and value pair.

array_loop.md

LOOP THROUGH MULTIPLE NESTED PHP ARRAY AND PRINT OUTPUT

This gist contains a convenient script to loop through a multiple nested php array and return it in a neat and organized html format.

Basic usage

// add sample array.php file, in your case you might just need to add your
// loop variable and remove the include 'example_array.php' statement
include 'example_array.php';
include 'loop.php';

loopthrough($my_nested_array);

Loop Properties

• my_nested_array - nested array you want to loop through passed into loopthrough function.

example_array.php

<?php 

    $my_nested_array =  array(
    		"verified_id" => "cdYjk8945"
            "Personal Information" => [
                "Forename" => "Samuel",
                "MiddleName" => "Franklin",
                "Surname" => "Conrad",
                "DOB" => "2002-09-11",
            ],
            "Address": [
            	"address1" => "NY ST Philemon",
            	"address2" => "NY Street",
            	"address3" => "",
            	"postInformation" => [
            		"country" => "Ghana" => [
            			"region": "Accra",
            			"others": ""
            		],
            		"postTown" => "Accra",
            		"id" => 25
            	]
            ],
            "Marital Status": "single",
        );
?>

loop.php

<?php 
/*
Gist Name: Loop Through Multiple Nested PHP array and print output
Description: Given a multiple nested loop array,loop through the array to get and display each key and value pair.
Author: Lance Armah-Abraham
Author URI: https://discoverlancearmah.online/
Version: 0.1
License: MIT - http://opensource.org/licenses/mit
*/

/**
* function to loop through each array and return the key and checkforloop function
* @param array $my_arr Nested looping array
*/
    function loopthrough($my_arr) {
        foreach($my_arr as $key => $val) {
            echo "h1>".htmlspecialchars($key)."</h1>";
                      
            checkLoop($val);
        }
    }
/**
* function to loop through each child array, purpose is to have the child arrays in smaller case with h3 instead of h1 in the main loop
* @param array $new_arr Child array
*/
    function childloopthrough($new_arr) {
        foreach($new_arr as $key => $val) {
        	echo "<h3>".htmlspecialchars($key)."</h3>";
                  
            checkLoop($val);
        }
    }

/**
* function to check if the data passed is array or string and then return string if it's string or return the childloop if not string
*@param array $data Array returned from child or main loopthrough array
*/  
    function checkLoop($data) {
        if(is_array($data)) {
            childloopthrough($data);
        } else {
            echo "<p>".htmlspecialchars($data)."</p>";
        }
    }
?>