On Mar 23, 2012, at 11:24 PM, Robert Cummings wrote:

> On 12-03-23 05:41 PM, Jay Blanchard wrote:
>> [-- DELETED GARBAGE --]  :)
> 
> I just realized... I've been stuck in a thinking rut. I latched onto one 
> solution that works well in some case but didn't fully examine the nuances of 
> your own scenario. Given the way you are creating your hierarchy you will 
> ultimately retrieve all rows. As such the following simple solution will do 
> what you need:
> 
> <?php
> 
>    $company = 1;
> 
>    $query =
>        "SELECT DISTINCT "
>       ."   * "
>       ."FROM "
>       ."   tiers "
>       ."WHERE "
>       ."   company = {$company} ";
> 
>    $root = array();
>    if( $db->query( $query ) )
>    {
>        while( ($row = $db->fetchRow()) )
>        {
>            $focus = &$root;
>            for( $i = 1; $i <= 14; $i++ )
>            {
>                $name = $row['tier'.$i];
> 
>                if( !isset( $focus[$name] ) )
>                {
>                    $focus[$name] = array();
>                }
> 
>                $focus = &$focus[$name];
>            }
>        }
>    }
> 
>    $json = JSON_encode( $root );
> 
> ?>
> 
> Cheers,
> Rob.
> -- 

At first blush I'm not sure how this would work - but I haven't had any coffee 
yet either. I'll give this a shot in a little while. Seems almost too easy.
--
PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/)
To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php

Reply via email to