How to show multiple specific columns from an array and display as one string [duplicate]

Question

My array looks like this:

 {
        "fileinfo": {
        "database": "homestead",
        "git": "master",
        "date": 12,
        "year": 2018,
        "month": "October"
        }
 }

I want to pickup gitBranch, date, month, year from the array and print as

1 string

I tried vsprintf and sprintf, but cannot figured out.

Add your attempts to your question. There should be nothing difficult about concatenating strings together. — Jonnix
– Jonnix, Commented Oct 12, 2018 at 12:19
Try to json_decode it, that will result in an array of the data — Koen Hollander
– Koen Hollander, Commented Oct 12, 2018 at 12:19
@KoenHollander, I dont want an array. Its already an array. I want specific keys and values in one string. — CH_user303
– CH_user303, Commented Oct 12, 2018 at 12:21
@JonStirling The difficult part is not all the array but only specific columns — CH_user303
– CH_user303, Commented Oct 12, 2018 at 12:22
Pulling specific names key values shouldn't be difficult either, so again please add your attempted code. — Jonnix
– Jonnix, Commented Oct 12, 2018 at 12:25

sietse85 · Accepted Answer · 2018-10-12 12:24:25Z

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Assuming you have this array as $array

$str = sprintf('Branch: %s, Created: %s %s %s.', 
    $array['fileinfo']['gitBranch'],
    $array['fileinfo']['date'],
    $array['fileinfo']['month'],
    $array['fileinfo']['year']
);

echo $str;

answered Oct 12, 2018 at 12:24

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Adam · Accepted Answer · 2018-10-12 12:26:27Z

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<?php

$array = array(
    "metadata" => array(),
    "fileinfo" =>array(
        "database" =>"homestead",
        "connection" => "mysql",
        "gitBranch" => "master",
        "minutes" => 41,
        "hours" => 13,
        "date" => 12,
        "year" => 2018,
        "month" => "October"
    )
 );

echo "Branch: {$array['fileinfo']['gitBranch']}, Created: {$array['fileinfo']['date']} {$array['fileinfo']['month']} {$array['fileinfo']['year']}";

This creates the output you desire.

For multiple arrays, do a foreach() through them with that inside, but obviously the $array variable will be whatever you set it to in the loop.

answered Oct 12, 2018 at 12:26

Adam

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CH_user303 Over a year ago

I liked the idea how @sietse85 used sprintf to combined them. but thx anyway

Adam Over a year ago

I also like it muchly! Will have to try and use it in future!

Adam Over a year ago

Also, might be worth you checking this out just for a more complete understanding of both solutions: stackoverflow.com/questions/7147305/… which also links to this: judebert.com/progress/archives/… which is all about PHP String Formatting Performance

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