php - Multidimensional array for schedule app -

i create , populate array following:

an array represents day, has 42 time slots, 7:30 18:00.

an array item corresponding such slot, must contain client name, slot start, slot end, vehicle client can use , flag if display array record.

i have 14 persons, , above array should repeated each of them in top-level array (of 14 day-arrays).

so first level array represents persons 1 14. second level array represents time slots 1 - 42. third level array represents data (client, vehicle,... etc).

i have following code:

$slots = array(     "1" =>         array(             "1" => 0, array("clientname" => "", "start" => 0, "end" => 0, "vehicleregistration" => ""),             "2" => 0, array("clientname" => "", "start" => 0, "end" => 0, "vehicleregistration" => ""),             "3" => 0, array("clientname" => "", "start" => 0, "end" => 0, "vehicleregistration" => ""), // ...             "42" => 0, array("clientname" => "", "start" => 0, "end" => 0, "vehicleregistration" => ""),         ),     "2" =>         array(             "1" => 0, array("clientname" => "", "start" => 0, "end" => 0, "vehicleregistration" => ""),             "2" => 0, array("clientname" => "", "start" => 0, "end" => 0, "vehicleregistration" => ""),             "3" => 0, array("clientname" => "", "start" => 0, "end" => 0, "vehicleregistration" => ""), // ...             "42" => 0, array("clientname" => "", "start" => 0, "end" => 0, "vehicleregistration" => ""),         ),     "14" =>         array(             "1" => 0, array("clientname" => "", "start" => 0, "end" => 0, "vehicleregistration" => ""),             "2" => 0, array("clientname" => "", "start" => 0, "end" => 0, "vehicleregistration" => ""),             "3" => 0, array("clientname" => "", "start" => 0, "end" => 0, "vehicleregistration" => ""), // ...             "42" => 0, array("clientname" => "", "start" => 0, "end" => 0, "vehicleregistration" => ""),         ), ); 

but population results in array have 0 values , hardly data (client, ...). seems information lost.

how should create nested array correctly?

your day-array definition overwrites because have mix of specific numerical key/value pairs , non-keyed arrays:

"1"=>0, array("clientname"=>"", "start"=>0, "end"=>0, "vehicleregistration"=>""), 

the above line represents 2 elements. split line highlight fact:

"1"=>0, array("clientname"=>"", "start"=>0, "end"=>0, "vehicleregistration"=>""), 

the first element put in specified index, i.e. @ index "1". second element added next available index, i.e. 2, in next line re-assign 0 same index:

"2" => 0, 

so array assigned index 2 (with clientname, etc) overwritten value 0.

and continues; keep overwriting previous array value 0.

what want move 0-value inside array follows it, , name (e.g. "flag"), this:

array("flag"=>0, "clientname"=>"", "start"=>0, "end"=>0, "vehicleregistration"=>""), 

code generate array

here code generate array 42 slots 1 day, multiplied 14 persons, don't have literally type of it:

function createpersonsday($slots, $persons) {     return array_fill_keys(         range(1, $persons), // number of persons         array_fill_keys(             range(1, $slots), // number of slots             array(                 "flag" => false,                 "clientname" => "",                 "start" => 0,                 "end" => 0,                 "vehicleregistration" => ""             )         )     ); } 

call this:

$personsday = createpersonsday(42, 14); 

now $personsday is:

array (   1 =>    array (     1 =>      array (       'flag' => false,       'clientname' => '',       'start' => 0,       'end' => 0,       'vehicleregistration' => '',     ),     2 =>      array (       'flag' => false,       'clientname' => '',       'start' => 0,       'end' => 0,       'vehicleregistration' => '',     ),     ...     42 =>      array (       'flag' => false,       'clientname' => '',       'start' => 0,       'end' => 0,       'vehicleregistration' => '',     ),   ),   2 =>    array (     1 =>      array (       'flag' => false,       'clientname' => '',       'start' => 0,       'end' => 0,       'vehicleregistration' => '',     ),     ...    14 =>    array (     1 =>      array (       'flag' => false,       'clientname' => '',       'start' => 0,       'end' => 0,       'vehicleregistration' => '',     ),     ...     42 =>      array (       'flag' => false,       'clientname' => '',       'start' => 0,       'end' => 0,       'vehicleregistration' => '',     ),   ), ) 

the inner associative array has property "flag", seemed more appropriate mix of key (with numerical value, flag), , non-named array, appears in question.