PHP : Get Select with NESTED Optgroup and options dynamically by Strings

Question

Starting from array of string like :

"mobili;tavolini_lato_divano",
"mobili;tavoli_da_pranzo",
"illuminazione;plafoniere",
"illuminazione;lampade_decorative",
"sculture;sculture_in_resina",
"sculture;sculture_in_resina;serie_limitata_tatoo",
"sculture;sculture_in_resina;sculture_resina_grandi",

Need to create a select that have nested optgroup and option , based on split by " ; " ,where if 2 elements , first ( parent ) become optgroup and second ( son ) an option.

If 3 elements ( with same 1st element ) , 2nd element will become an optiongroup (inside first optgroup - Nested - ) with inside an option ( 3d element ).

And so on if 4 elements, and more elements.

Actually I made this example but this work only if there are 2 count.

Full example with input and output in :

https://wtools.io/php-sandbox/b63q

Select Execute and HTML as output to see result.
Thanks

Answer 1

First create an ordered (and nested) array of your element array (line 76-89 in my code), and then you must use the recursive function (line 91-104 in my code) to create a string of options and optgroup.

Finally, print the output of the recursive function (line 107 in my code).

<?php

/*
Row 1 : mobiletti_puzzle_3d;mobili
Output : "optgroup" -> mobiletti_puzzle_3d
            "option" -> mobili

Row 2 : sculture;sculture_in_resina
Output : "optgroup" -> sculture
            "option" -> sculture_in_resina

Row 3 : sculture;sculture_in_resina;sculture_resina_grandi
Output : "optgroup" -> sculture
            "optgroup" -> sculture_in_resina
                "option" -> sculture_resina_grandi

If they have the same parent must be added as Option of Row 2 

Row 4 : sculture;sculture_in_metallo
Output : "optgroup" -> sculture
            "option" -> sculture_in_metallo


Final Output ALL EXAMPLE :
"optgroup" -> mobiletti_puzzle_3d
    "option" -> mobili
"optgroup" -> sculture
    "option" -> sculture_in_resina
    "option" -> sculture_in_metallo
    "optgroup" -> sculture_in_resina
        "option" -> sculture_resina_grandi

Split by " ; " the count-1 , always will be an optgroup and this will generate a Nested Optgroup 

*/
$Categories = [
    "mobiletti_puzzle_3d;mobili",
    "mobili;sedie_da_pranzo",
    "mobili;sgabelli",
    "mobili;tavolini_da_salotto",
    "mobili;tavolini_lato_divano",
    "mobili;tavoli_da_pranzo",
    "sculture;sculture_decorate_in_vetro",
    "sculture;sculture_in_bronzo",
    "sculture;sculture_in_metallo",
    "sculture;sculture_in_resina;sculture_resina_grandi",
    "sculture;sculture_in_resina;sculture_resina_medie",
    "sculture;sculture_in_resina;sculture_resina_piccole",
    "sculture;sculture_in_resina;serie_limitata_tatoo",
    "illuminazione;plafoniere",
    "illuminazione;lampade_decorative",
    "illuminazione;lampade_da_terra",
    "illuminazione;lampade_da_tavolo",
    "illuminazione;lampade_da_comodino",
    "illuminazione;lampadari",
    "divani_e_poltrone;mobili",
    "decorazione_murale;stampe_su_telaio_estetico",
    "decorazione_murale;specchi_design_moderno",
    "decorazione_murale;quadri_scultura_in_metallo",
    "decorazione_murale;puzzle_3d_in_legno",
    "decorazione_murale;orologi_parete",
    "decorazione_murale;dipinti_su_telaio_estetico",
    "decorazione_murale;dipinti_su_plexiglas",
    "consolle;mobili",
    "colonne;mobili",
    "collage_3d;decorazione_murale",
    "appliques;illuminazione",
    "altri_oggetti;vasi",
    "altri_oggetti;posacenere",
    "altri_oggetti;portagioie",
    "altri_oggetti;portacandele",
    "altri_oggetti;oggetti_decorativi",
    "altri_oggetti;centrotavola"
];

$select = [];
foreach ($Categories as $row) {
    $pointer = &$select;
    $row = explode(';', $row);
    $ogCount = count($row) - 1;
    for ($i = 0; $i < $ogCount; $i++) {
        $row[$i] = $row[$i];
        if (empty($pointer[$row[$i]]))
            $pointer[$row[$i]] = [];
        $pointer = &$pointer[$row[$i]];
        if (($i + 1) >= $ogCount)
            $pointer[] = $row[$i + 1];
    }
}

function recursiveSelect($_options, $_space = '')
{
    if (!is_array($_options))
        return  '<option value="' . $_options . '">' . $_options . '</option>' . "\n";
    else {
        $tmp = '';
        foreach ($_options as $key => $option)
            if (!is_array($option)) {
                $tmp .= recursiveSelect($option);
            } else
                $tmp .= '<optgroup label="' . $_space . $key . '">' . recursiveSelect($option, $_space . str_repeat('&nbsp;', 4)) . '</optgroup>' . "\n";
        return $tmp;
    }
}
?>
<select>
    <?php echo (recursiveSelect($select)); ?>
</select>

This code can handle all depths of nested elements in your array.

To better display the select optgroups, I added the space ($_space) parameter to the recursive function (with 4 spaces in line 101).