Changing a nested (multidimentional) array into key => value pairs in PHP

Question

I have an multidimensional array that looks like this:

Array
(
    [0] => Array
        (
            [ClientID] => ec2173de2134fdsfg4fsdffcb4b5205
            [Name]         


        

Answer 1

$flat = array();
foreach($multidim as $item)
    $flat[$item['ClientID']] = $item['Name'];

Whether you'd be better off storing the original form cannot be answered generally. You should store it if you need it.