Get values from array inside another array for later storing them in db

Question

I'm sending 2 datas with same name at the front side like this

   <h1>First Address</h1>
<input name="address[1][street]" value="Hauptstr" />
<input name="address[1][city]" value="Berlin"  />

<h2>Second Address</h2>
<input name="address[2][street]" value="Wallstreet" />
<input name="address[2][city]" value="New York" />

And then I'm trying to store that value in my database through my model methods in codeigniter 3

This is what I was doing before with just 1 data

    $streetinfo['street'] = $this->input->post('street');
    $streetinfo['city'] = $this->input->post('city');
    $newAddress= json_encode($streetinfo);

   $entry = array(
        "id" => "1",
        "address" => $newAddress,
    );
    $result= $this->address->insert_entry($entry);

But now that im dealing with more input data i dont know how to handle it im storing the data like this now

$streetinfo = $this->input->post('street');

and when i do the var_dump for $streetinfo i get this

array(2) { [1]=> array(2) { ["street"]=> string(1) "1" ["city"]=> string(1) "1" } [2]=> array(2) { ["street"]=> string(1) "3" ["city"]=> string(1) "2" } 

}

And then now, I don't know how to get each value from those keys and make each insert in the db

Answer 1

Since you're now passing the data as an array, you're supposed to use indexes to access each variable. First, store the input data in a variable, then access the different indexes and their respective keys/values.

$data = $this->input->post('address');
$street1 = $data[1]['street'];
$city1   = $data[1]['city'];

$street2 = $data[2]['street'];
$city2   = $data[2]['city'];

If you then want to save them to the database, make sure you have the required fields/columns in your database and continue saving the data as usual.

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