Convert associative array into indexed

Question

Ive seen a few examples by using array_values, but cant quite make out how to get it to work...

I have an associative array thats passed via POST, I need to convert it into a indexed array...

My print_r($_POST) gives me this... I need all of this put into an indexed array :)

Array (     [fieldnames] => 36771X21X198|36771X21X199|36771X21X200|36771X21X201|36771X21X202      [36771X21X198] => 3434343     [display36771X21X198] => on     [36771X21X199] => 5656565     [display36771X21X199] => on      [36771X21X200] => 89898989      [display36771X21X200] => on      [36771X21X201] => 90909090      [display36771X21X201] => on      [36771X21X202] => 12121212      [display36771X21X202] => on      [move] => movesubmit      [move2] => ONLINE Submit      [thisstep] => 1      [sid] => 36771      [token] => 1234567890 )  

Answer 1

Observe this amazing way to convert your $_POST into a numerically indexed array:

$numerical = array_values($_POST); 

but what if you want to preserve your keys? Perhaps you want something like this?

$numerical = array(); $sep = ':';  foreach($_POST as $k=>$v) {   $numerical[] = $k.$sep.$v; } 

$numerical will then have:

Array (     [0] => fieldnames:36771X21X198|36771X21X199|36771X21X200|36771X21X201|36771X21X202     [1] => 36771X21X198:3434343     [2] => display36771X21X198:on     [3] => 36771X21X199:5656565     [4] => display36771X21X199:on     [5] => 36771X21X200:89898989     [6] => display36771X21X200:on     [7] => 36771X21X201:90909090     [8] => display36771X21X201:on     [9] => 36771X21X202:12121212     [10] => display36771X21X202:on     [11] => move:movesubmit     [12] => move2:ONLINE Submit     [13] => thisstep:1     [14] => sid:36771     [15] => token:1234567890 ) 

or, for my final example:

$fieldnames_original = explode('|', $_POST['fieldnames']); $fieldnames_actual = array(); $values = array();  foreach($_POST as $k=>$v) {   if($k!='fieldnames')   {     $fieldnames_actual[] = $k;     $values[] = $v;   } } 

which will set 3 arrays:

$fieldnames_original:

Array (     [0] => 36771X21X198     [1] => 36771X21X199     [2] => 36771X21X200     [3] => 36771X21X201     [4] => 36771X21X202 ) 

$fieldnames_actual:

Array (     [0] => 36771X21X198     [1] => display36771X21X198     [2] => 36771X21X199     [3] => display36771X21X199     [4] => 36771X21X200     [5] => display36771X21X200     [6] => 36771X21X201     [7] => display36771X21X201     [8] => 36771X21X202     [9] => display36771X21X202     [10] => move     [11] => move2     [12] => thisstep     [13] => sid     [14] => token ) 

and $values:

Array (     [0] => 3434343     [1] => on     [2] => 5656565     [3] => on     [4] => 89898989     [5] => on     [6] => 90909090     [7] => on     [8] => 12121212     [9] => on     [10] => movesubmit     [11] => ONLINE Submit     [12] => 1     [13] => 36771     [14] => 1234567890 )