What I am trying to do is a loop for a PDF. That works fine (I understand that syntax).
What I am struggling with is groupings. In my case my table fields consists of "Category" and "Items". I only want to output the "Category" once, or when it changes. For example:
(TABLE DATA EXAMPLE)
CATEGORY: Pants
ITEM: Straight Leg
CATEGORY: Pants
ITEM: Long Leg
CATEGORY: Shirt
ITEM: Short Sleeve
CATEGORY: Shirt
ITEM: Long Sleeve
ETC...
What I am looking is for output to be something like:
(OUTPUT EXAMPLE)
CATEGORY: Pants
ITEM: Straight Leg
ITEM: Long Leg
CATEGORY: Shirt
ITEM: Short Sleeve
ITEM: Long Sleeve
What I am struggling with is groupings. In my case my table fields consists of "Category" and "Items". I only want to output the "Category" once, or when it changes. For example:
(TABLE DATA EXAMPLE)
CATEGORY: Pants
ITEM: Straight Leg
CATEGORY: Pants
ITEM: Long Leg
CATEGORY: Shirt
ITEM: Short Sleeve
CATEGORY: Shirt
ITEM: Long Sleeve
ETC...
What I am looking is for output to be something like:
(OUTPUT EXAMPLE)
CATEGORY: Pants
ITEM: Straight Leg
ITEM: Long Leg
CATEGORY: Shirt
ITEM: Short Sleeve
ITEM: Long Sleeve
HI msreyes,
Please turn on the Debugger output and copy and paste the relevant part here so we can see what the structure of the data is like.
Bob
Please turn on the Debugger output and copy and paste the relevant part here so we can see what the structure of the data is like.
Bob
If you look at [selected_compartment] you will see when it changes....
Array
(
[DISPLAY_validate_fields] => Array
(
[log] => Automatic validation enabled.
[var] => 1
)
[read_data9] => Array
(
[log] => Array
(
[0] => SELECT `Data9`.`item` AS `Data9.item`, `Data9`.`choice` AS `Data9.choice`, `Data9`.`notes` AS `Data9.notes`, `Data9`.`select_truck` AS `Data9.select_truck`, `Data9`.`select_compartment` AS `Data9.select_compartment`, `Data9`.`firefighter_no` AS `Data9.firefighter_no` FROM `josej_chronoforms_data_truck-checklist-data` AS `Data9` WHERE `Data9`.`select_truck` = 'P1' AND DATE_FORMAT(`Data9`.`created` , "%Y-%m-%d") = '2022-05-30' AND `Data9`.`choice` = 'YES' ORDER BY `Data9.select_compartment` ASC LIMIT 1000;
)
[var] => Array
(
[0] => Array
(
[Data9] => Array
(
[item] => BOX CAUTION TAPE
[choice] => YES
[notes] =>
[select_truck] => P1
[select_compartment] => DRIVERS (1)
[firefighter_no] => 117
)
)
[1] => Array
(
[Data9] => Array
(
[item] => BOLT CUTTER
[choice] => YES
[notes] =>
[select_truck] => P1
[select_compartment] => DRIVERS (1)
[firefighter_no] => 117
)
)
[2] => Array
(
[Data9] => Array
(
[item] => 5LB SLEDGE HAMMER
[choice] => YES
[notes] =>
[select_truck] => P1
[select_compartment] => DRIVERS (1)
[firefighter_no] => 117
)
)
[3] => Array
(
[Data9] => Array
(
[item] => AXE
[choice] => YES
[notes] =>
[select_truck] => P1
[select_compartment] => DRIVERS (1)
[firefighter_no] => 117
)
)
[4] => Array
(
[Data9] => Array
(
[item] => HALLIGAN
[choice] => YES
[notes] =>
[select_truck] => P1
[select_compartment] => DRIVERS (1)
[firefighter_no] => 117
)
)
[5] => Array
(
[Data9] => Array
(
[item] => HOSE WASHER
[choice] => YES
[notes] =>
[select_truck] => P1
[select_compartment] => DRIVERS (2)
[firefighter_no] => 117
)
)
[6] => Array
(
[Data9] => Array
(
[item] => (2) HOSE WRENCH
[choice] => YES
[notes] =>
[select_truck] => P1
[select_compartment] => DRIVERS (2)
[firefighter_no] => 117
)
)
[7] => Array
(
[Data9] => Array
(
[item] => 65mm NOZZLE
[choice] => YES
[notes] =>
[select_truck] => P1
[select_compartment] => DRIVERS (2)
[firefighter_no] => 117
)
Hi msreyes,
It looks to me as if you need a second loop inside the first one. The second loop would check if the category has changed and if so start a new section.
It would be more complex if the changes were not sequential, then I think you would need to check the first entry, scan for matching categories, then move on to the next 'different' category.
Bob
It looks to me as if you need a second loop inside the first one. The second loop would check if the category has changed and if so start a new section.
It would be more complex if the changes were not sequential, then I think you would need to check the first entry, scan for matching categories, then move on to the next 'different' category.
Bob
You need to login to be able to post a reply.
