Converting array with dot-separated keypath keys to a multidimensional array [duplicate]

Question

I have an array like below

$db_resources = array('till' => array(
 'left.btn' => 'Left button',
 'left.text' => 'Left text',
 'left.input.text' => 'Left input text',
 'left.input.checkbox' => 'Left input checkbox'        
));

I need to convert this array dynamically like below

'till' => array(
    'left' => array(
        'btn' => 'Left button',
        'text' => 'Left text',
        'input' => array(
            'text' => 'Left input text',
            'checkbox' => 'Left input checkbox'
        )
    )
  )

I tried the key with explode. it works if all the key has only one ".". But the key has dynamic one. so please hep me to convert the array dynamically. I tried this Below Code

$label_array = array();
foreach($db_resources as $keey => $db_resources2){
    if (strpos($keey,'.') !== false) {  
        $array_key = explode('.',$keey);    
        $frst_key = array_shift($array_key);
        if(count($array_key) > 1){  
            $label_array[$frst_key][implode('.',$array_key)] = $db_resources2;
            //Need to change here
        }else{
            $label_array[$frst_key][implode('.',$array_key)] = $db_resources2;
        }
    }   
}

use for_each with $array_key since explode returns an array — Sayed
– Sayed, Commented Aug 5, 2015 at 6:54
Inverse task: PHP - Convert multidimensional array to 2D array with dot notation keys — mickmackusa
– mickmackusa ♦, Commented Mar 19 at 9:47

ejuhjav · Accepted Answer · 2015-08-05 07:04:42Z

1

There might be more elegant ways to go about it, but here is one example of doing it with recursive helper function:

    function generateNew($array, $keys, $currentIndex, $value)
    {
        if ($currentIndex == count($keys) - 1)
        {
            $array[$keys[$currentIndex]] = $value;
        }
        else
        {
            if (!isset($array[$keys[$currentIndex]]))
            {
                $array[$keys[$currentIndex]] = array();
            }

            $array[$keys[$currentIndex]] = generateNew($array[$keys[$currentIndex]], $keys, $currentIndex + 1, $value);
        }

        return $array;
    }

    $result = array();
    // $temp equals your original value array here...
    foreach ($temp as $combinedKey => $value)
    {
        $result = generateNew($result, explode(".", $combinedKey), 0, $value);
    }

answered Aug 5, 2015 at 7:04

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