How do I format Nested Set Model data into an array?

Question

Let\'s dig in the main problem right away, I have the input like this

$category = array(
  \'A\' => array(\'left\' => 1, \'right\' => 8),
  \'B\' =&         


        

Answer 1

Another solution, without recursion (test please)

$result = array();

    foreach($category as $key => $value) {

        /*Get current row index*/
        $i = count($result);

        if($i == 0) {
            $result[] = array($key);
        } else {

            $iParent = -1;

            /*Find parent index*/
            for($j = count($result[$i-1]) - 1; $j >= 0; $j--) {
                if($value['left'] > $category[$result[$i-1][$j]]['left'] 
                    && $value['right'] < $category[$result[$i-1][$j]]['right']) {
                    $iParent = $j;
                    break;
                }
            }

            if($iParent == -1) { $result[] = array($key);}

            if($iParent == count($result[$i-1]) - 1) {
                // append to last
                $result[$i-1][] = $key;
            } else {
                // make new list
                $result[$i] = array_slice($result[$i-1], 0, $iParent + 1);
                $result[$i][] = $key;
            }
        }
    }

    print_r($result);